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The Intelligent Investor

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By far the best book on investing ever written."  - Warren E. Buffet. A reasonable investor is one of the books that must necessarily be on the bookshelf of everyone who would like to use the opportunities of the stock market with intelligence to multiply their capital.  Becoming in the decades since its first edition in 1949, the present bible of the stock market, the classic work of Benjamin Graham gives the reader an efficiently working method of investing based on a comparison of prices and the real value of shares.  The book examines the fundamental differences between investing and speculation;  two types of investors are described - active and passive - and features of investment strategies of each of them.  The book is of interest to a wide range of readers.  It can become a reference for both individual and professional investors.  It is especially useful for students,

Google Music's Feeling Lucky

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Google Play Music  has a new feature called "I'm Feeling Lucky" that creates a radio based on your listening history. If you subscribe to All Access, Google includes a lot of songs that aren't in your library, otherwise the feature is a fancy name for "shuffle". Here are some screenshots from the Android app: There's a "dice" animation while the playlist is generated: You can reorder the songs, remove some of them or add all the songs to a playlist by tapping "save queue". You can find a similar feature in the desktop interface: go to "Listen Now" and click "I'm Feeling Lucky Radio". You get a different "Feeling Lucky" playlist every time you roll the dice and the songs from the playlist are usually related. Here's an example of Eurovision-related playlist: Click "Refresh station" and you'll get a completely new playlist: