Hot Topic – Ugur Candan

How Innovation Kills Mega Projects -Example XB-70 Valkyrie 12 Billion USD Project

Posted on 11/01/202611/01/2026 by Ugur

Here are the key project details of the XB-70 Valkyrie, one of the most ambitious aircraft programs of the Cold War: Original (1960s) Dollars Total program cost: $1.5 billion (USD) Adjusted for Inflation (Today’s Dollars)$12–14 billion USD (depending on inflation index used)This makes the XB-70 one of the most expensive experimental aircraft programs ever, especially considering: No production aircraftOnly one prototype survived Prototypes & Fate A must watch detail video below. XB-70A #1 (AV-1) First…

What should be next for AI in Enterprise level: Hear Sam Altman and Ali Ghodsi talk about it.

Posted on 07/12/202507/12/2025 by Ugur

After listening to those impressive comments from Sam and Ali: Take aways

5 Year Analysis of US30, GER30, NIKKEI, CHINA50, WTI, UKX, US500, EmergingBasket, GOLD, Bitcoin, Meta, SAP, Nvidia, Palantir, Google

Posted on 29/11/202529/11/2025 by Ugur

Lets see them in Order: 5 Year Analysis of US30, GER30, NIKKEI, CHINA50, WTI, UKX, US500, EmergingBasket 5 Year Analysis of US30, GER30, NIKKEI, CHINA50, WTI, UKX, US500, EmergingBasket ADD GOLD. 5 Year Analysis of US30, GER30, NIKKEI, CHINA50, WTI, UKX, US500, EmergingBasket, GOLD ADD Bitcoin. 5 Year Analysis of US30, GER30, NIKKEI, CHINA50, WTI, UKX, US500, EmergingBasket, GOLD, Bitcoin ADD (Meta, SAP, Google) as an example of top europe and US stock tickers. Now…

Who are the winners of last 24 months for investors? Nvidia, Bitcoin, Gold, US30…

Posted on 01/11/202515/11/2025 by Ugur

The graph visualizes the performance of all fifteen assets from November 2023 to October 2025:

Updated Ranking of 15 Assets (Nov 2023 – Oct 2025)The table below provides the full, final ranking, with the new assets slotted based on their performance (starting point Nov 2023=100$).

Joule Analytical Insights & “Just Ask” Best Practices

Posted on 28/09/202523/11/2025 by Ugur

Joule and Just Ask connect to address user queries. Questions may go to different models based on customer data. Challenges arise from ambiguous data models and user expectations for immediate answers based on real data.

SAP AI Building Blocks – A Discussion Beyond Hype: Joule and Business AI vision FAQ

Posted on 28/09/202528/09/2025 by Ugur

Let’s give you a little bit of an overview, not just what Joule is, but also its respective capabilities and how to get started with Joule directly. The Photo below is a summary of all hot subjects in Business AI and Joule. So with this, I am sharing my screen and I would like to take one step back here and take a look at the overall strategy of SAP in terms of business AI…

What is the CAGR achieved in Trading by TOP Trader “James Simons”?

Posted on 15/07/202515/07/2025 by Ugur

Yes James Simons… I have been referring to him on different occasions. This math lover, who earned his PhD from the University of California, is known for founding and creating Renaissance Technologies Chern-Simons formwith a technical analysis style in its trading activities. Reported revenue reached $18.5 billion in 2018. Although James Simons was included in Bloomberg’s 2011 list of the 50 most influential people and was named “the world’s smartest billionaire” by the Financial Times…

SAP Rise & Grow and AI Platform Technologies – Some ideas

Posted on 03/01/202513/01/2025 by Ugur

Why a vector Database is a must?A vector search engine is a type of search engine that uses vector representations, also knownas embeddings, to search for relevant information. Unlike traditional keyword-based search engines, vector search engines use mathematical techniques to represent and process the meaning of words, phrases, sentences, or documents in a high-dimensional vector space. The key idea is that semantically similar items have similar vector representations. Vector search engines are particularly useful for…

The (Mis)Behavior of Markets – Must know fact about markets

Posted on 01/01/202501/01/2025 by Ugur

Benoit Mandelbrot and Richard L. Hudson spend good amount of time for making it understandable in the book “The (Mis)Behavior of Markets” “Markets are much riskier than we have been led to believe. They are prone to violent, unpredictable swings, and these swings are not mere anomalies but part of the natural order of things.” This quote highlights Mandelbrot’s critique of traditional models that underestimate market risk and fail to account for extreme events. “The…

Design of my Trading Platform

Posted on 29/12/202416/08/2025 by Ugur

I would constantly update this post because it is also evolving over time and I would also want to write about my failures. My findings are as precious as my successful findings.

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