Boston Snow Indicator

  

Categories: Index Funds

A weird theory linking stocks to weather.

It states that a white Christmas in Boston will be followed by a rise in stocks that coming year. There have been years these two things have both happened (like...it’s snow; it happens), but it’s purely coincidental.

This indication is also known as the BS indicator, and you can probably see why.

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