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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 They stressed that in other financial arenas, the testosterone effect might not be as central. But in the specific world of high-frequency trading, having a lengthy ring finger relative to the index finger definitely appeared to translate into both higher long-term profitability and a longer period of time in which the person remained in the high-frequency trading field.
"We're the first study to look at this, but the results are just unbelievably strong," Coates said. "Economics generally has overlooked the body. But this shows that hormones actually play a huge role in the market, that the body and mind work together and that the body influences economic life."
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Last updated 1/12/2009
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SOURCES: John M. Coates, Ph.D., research fellow, Judge Business School, and department of physiology, development and neuroscience, University of Cambridge, England; Jan. 12-16, 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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