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Finger length may predict financial success

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:00 PM EST
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Researchers report that men with longer ring fingers, compared to index fingers, tended to be more successful in the frantic high-frequency trading in the London financial district.

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greenpagan

xxx

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Reply#1 - Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:00 PM EST
{"commentId":4807697,"authorDomain":"sfleagle"}
steve-814964

So what's the damn ratio? The article might at least have given that so we can see if we measure up.

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    #1.1 - Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:36 PM EST
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    {"commentId":4785845,"authorDomain":"immortalstar-2000"}
    Ron-632364

    Okay, how did all these "long ring finger" types make out in the financial meltdown?  I have to comment that there could be an explanation for the "long ring finger" syndrome for the last few decades.  It goes under the well known word, "nepotism".  Hire only family and "near family" types with "long ring fingers", perhaps based on their testosterone fuelled bravado.  Also, of note, for a male, risk taking has been recently connected strongly to acquiring a mate, so are these "money makers" all going to acquire a new mate every year.  Not a very stable economy there....

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      Reply#2 - Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:35 PM EST
      {"commentId":4786278,"authorDomain":"greenpagan"}
      greenpagan

      Probably better piano players too...

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      Reply#3 - Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:28 AM EST
      {"commentId":4786283,"authorDomain":"greenpagan"}
      greenpagan

      Size matters...

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      #3.1 - Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:29 AM EST
      {"commentId":4793620,"authorDomain":"grospoliner"}
      Exeder

      My thoughts exactly, this kind of sounds similar to the whole male organ envy thing.

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        #3.2 - Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:50 PM EST
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        {"commentId":4786718,"authorDomain":"oldphartbsa"}
        OldPhartbsa

        I have a finger for the traders.

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        Reply#4 - Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:34 AM EST
        {"commentId":4788585,"authorDomain":"backfire1-1"}
        Thomas Jefferson-380547

        Well this is total bs. My life totally discounts that theory.

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        Reply#5 - Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:17 AM EST
        {"commentId":4797873,"authorDomain":"jslezak52"}
        JC-306883

        According to the finger length study I have more testosterone than my husband. LOL

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          Reply#6 - Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:03 PM EST
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          {"commentId":4828735,"authorDomain":"geminidenton"}
          scopata messico

          BULL$HIT.......................

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          Reply#8 - Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:50 PM EST
          {"commentId":4855224,"authorDomain":"damaged-wings"}
          curious blond

          i thought that measured penis length...

          another stupid study funded by???

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          Reply#9 - Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:50 AM EST
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