Quantum Computing Will Transform Our Lives - and Our Portfolios

Quantum Computing Will Transform Our Lives - and Our Portfolios By Victor Hill The greatest technological leap forward for humanity in the second quarter of the 21st Century will be Quantum Computing (QC). It will accelerate computer processing speeds beyond our imagination. It's a weird world; and yet the first QC inspired computers are already working on problems of mind-boggling complexity. Quantum Theory was formulated in Europe in the 1920s by Max Planck, Niels Bohr and others after Einsteinian Relativity had already become main stream. These two branches of physics have never fully been reconciled with one another. Relativity is the physics of the unspeakably large, while quantum theory is the physics of the unimaginably small. They appear to obey different laws. (Mankind, as Sir Arthur Eddington once ventured, is half way between the two.) The un-mathematicised nub of quantum theory is that matter (particles such as electrons) can exist in two places at once. Or even (sorry about this) anywhere in between. Physicists know this due to an experimental technique called diffraction. And they can describe this phenomenon mathematically. Quantum objects like electrons are sometimes observed as particles and sometimes as waves. Or they can be described as both at the same time... Click Here To Read The Full Story The Master Investor Market Report The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,740.16 an increase of 105.76 points. The FTSE 250 rose 247.19 points to finish at 17,244.32. The FTSE All Share climbed 55.16 points to finish at 3,659.12. The FTSE AIM All Share finished at 761.66, up by 4.33 points. Insurer Aviva (AV.) increased its interim dividend by 10% to 7.42p after operating profits for the first half of the year climbed by 13% to £1.33 billion. General insurance premiums were up by 7% while fund management income grew by 48%, but the company also faced increased expenses from higher natural disaster and weather claims as well as altered distribution agreements. The shares climbed 6.70% to 410.80p. Download our July issue today! Click HERE to read. Shares in drug producer Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK) fell by 16.8% to 2,220p as the stock was downgraded from "buy" to "neutral" by analysts at Citi with a target price of 2,600p. The company issued a statement after the markets closed yesterday warning that new drug approvals in the US were proceeding slower than hoped and that there will be a level of litigation costs related to its current generics pipeline. Newspaper publisher Johnston Press (JPR) swung to a statutory pre-tax loss of £183.7 million for the half year ended 2nd July mostly due to a £183.6 non-cash impairment as it reassessed its print titles and assets. The acquisition of the 'i' newspaper provided a boost to revenue and circulation during the second quarter, but markets remain challenging and the advertising sector has been soft. Shares in Johnston Press dropped 15.45% to 11.625p. Tomorrow's news today Royal Bank Of Scotland (RBS) and William Hill (WMH) will release interim results. Quote of the day "Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure." - George Edward Woodberry Latest Stories VAT Cut To Bouy Next? 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