A Solar Storm Is A Bad Omen For Stocks

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		Tech Entertainment Wall Street Markets Strategy Sports Lifestyle Politics Europe Video Latest Thursday, March 8, 2012 A Solar Storm Is A Bad Omen For Stocks Now, this is fascinating. NASA has been reporting of a spike in solar flare activity on the sun, which has the potential to disrupt earth's electrical grids and communication networks. However, it seems that those same flares may actually impact trading activity as well. Bloomberg's Alexis Xydias dug up a 2003 paper by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.  According to the paper's authors, stocks tend to underperform during the days following a solar storm. From the Atlanta Fed: The figure displays the bar graphs of the returns on the NASDAQ, S&P500, AMEX, and NYSE (NY) stock market indices during normal days (left column) and bad days (right column). We define the six calendar days after a storm as bad days and the remaining calendar days as normal days. Read » Also On Money Game Today: Why Wall-Street Is Going To Get Tomorrow's Big Jobs Number Completely Wrong WAIT! Those Amazing Las Vegas Gambling Numbers Actually Don't Look Very Good Backdoor-Bullish Indicator: Rate Of Suspicious Activity At Casinos Way Up China Is About To Take A HUGE Step Toward Internationalizing Its Currency Advertisement CHART OF THE DAY: How To Protect Your Money In A War With Iran, And An Oil Spike CHART OF THE DAY: This Country Defaulted, And Now It Has One Of The Healthiest Public Sectors In The World CHART OF THE DAY: This Is The Trend That Could Asphyxiate The Housing Recovery Share this: Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.jobhuntportal11@blogger.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the Money Game RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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