Thursday 22 April 2010

All we are is bust in the wind...

I'm tempted to say that this research is full of hot air. But that would be giving in to the easy pun.
(It would indeed Audiozobe, so I am so glad you didn't LOL! - Mona)

Environmental psychology studies have found evidence that wind speed has a strong influence on mood and comfort. This study investigated the relationship between wind speed and daily stock market returns across 18 European countries from 1994 to 2004. A significant and pervasive wind effect was found on stock returns. This finding was supported by psychological literature claiming that mood affects judgement and decision-making in situations involving uncertainty and risk, and coincides with the argument of misattribution. This investigation also found strong seasonality effect and temperature effect in European stock markets. Specifically, the influence of wind on stock returns is demonstrated to be more significant than that of sunlight, indicating that wind might exert a stronger impact on mood than sunshine and hence be a better proxy for mood than sunshine. Above all, our findings contradict the rational asset-pricing hypothesis and contribute to the behavioural finance literature.
Hui-Chi Shu & Mao-Wei Hung'@'Informaworld'
(via @'Improbable Research' of course)

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