When the famous math wizard Shakuntala Devi came to United States in the 1970s, she could beat the largest computers with her mental math abilities. She could mentally calculate 23^rd root of a 200 digit number, for example, faster than a supercomputer. How did she do that ?

She had increased her mathematical intuition to such a level, that the numbers would come to her mind without a formal effort to calculate them.

It may look surprising, but we all are utilizing our mathematical intuition subconsciously, though at a much lower level. For example, when the inflation goes up, gas prices go up, interest rates go up, people start spending less without doing a formal calculation. We calculate in our mind how  much  spending needs to be curtailed. As a contributing writer to TalkMarkets and SeekingAlpha, I have been making stock market predictions based on statistical analysis of these factors since 2008.

Mrs. Clinton recently said in an interview “Why am I not 50 points ahead of Trump?”

When people go to vote in United States, they look for clear signals from politicians on how their bottom line will be better with the proposed policies.

In-spite of the roaring 90s, instead of getting a thumping majority, Al Gore lost to George Bush in 2000. One important reason was because George Bush clearly told people that he will reduce the taxes for all.  

In 2008, Obama promised to stop the outsourcing of jobs to other countries, put an end to war and improve the economy. He won.

The housing crisis is long over, the economy has improved and outsourcing has slowed.  As a result, what is the new number one concern of American households?  It is the slow wage increase. Real wages have not increased for decades and the middle class is in trouble.

Out of all the politicians, Donald Trump gave the most unambiguous and clear plan to increase wages. He conveyed that he will force companies to bring back jobs and force the illegal immigrants who are taking jobs to leave.

No doubt he is doing well!