comments
Super Bowl Stock Market Indicator
Email
 Print
|
From Investopedia: “An indicator based on the belief that a Super Bowl win for a team from the old AFL (AFC division) foretells a decline in the stock market for the coming year, and that a win for a team from the old NFL (NFC division) means the stock market will be up for the year.”
This appears to be 85% correct over the “past few years.” The AFL only had ten teams in it before the merger in 1966 (Boston Patriots, Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders, New York Jets, San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins and the Cincinnati Bengals) and none of them are in the Super Bowl being played this weekend between the Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) and the Seattle Seahawks (NFC).
So what does this mean? Nothing. It’s all hocus pocus. But if you want to read more about this then check out Snopes.com’s analysis.
rh mentioned in the comments that the Steelers were an original NFL team that moved to the AFC after the merger so if they won it would be good for the market (if you believe the indicator of course). So I’ll be I’m still cheering for the Stillers, even if it means a downturn in the stock market.
Related Posts
 By Jim |
 Stumble It! Bookmark reddit.comTags: Feb 01, 2006 | Read more in Investing |
Like this article? Get all the latest articles sent to your email for free every day. Enter your email address and click "Subscribe." Your email will only be used for this daily subscription and you can unsubscribe anytime.
Congrats, Jim. I thought it was all over when Big Ben threw that interception. My heart about stopped!!!
Just went to MMB. Is that it? One headline? No “The Steelers are great”, “I was a dunce”, or anything like that?
Yeah, I woud’ve expected at least a link to your site in the body of the post, and perhaps a bit of explanation…
Jim — I’d ask for a full-blown “The Steelers are the Greatest” post from him
BTW — No that the Steelers have won, what’s going to happen to the stock market (the original question)?
I think the AFL/NFL, AFC/NFC history of these teams was so muddled that it was eventually decided that this particular Super Bowl has no predictive power (unlike all the other which not only predict the future, but also govern the stock market.
Nickel — you’re starting to sound like Flexo.