Raz you may be right but I am for the "Bulls". LOL - Read below.
Even if the Chicago Bears win on Feb. 4, bulls should be smiling. For the second consecutive year, equity investors should come out on top regardless of who wins the Super Bowl, be it the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Bears—or their American Football Conference (AFC) opponent, the Indianapolis Colts.
At least that's what a fanciful stock-market predictor signals. The Super Bowl Market Predictor, invented by the late New York Times sportswriter Leonard Koppett, theorizes the stock market will rise only if the winner is the NFC team or an AFC squad that was previously in the National Football League before its 1970 merger with the American Football League.
The Colts pre-1970 were in the NFL as the Baltimore Colts. The Pittsburgh Steelers, last year's Super Bowl winner from the AFC, also were originally in the pre-merger NFL. The S&P 500 index gained 13.6% for 2006. Of course, readers should remember that history doesn't always repeat itself.
The Super Bowl hypothesis has proved correct 30 out of 40 times for a 75% success rate. The S&P 500 gained 3% in 2005, even though the AFC New England Patriots beat the NFC Philadelphia Eagles 24-21, and the economy scored solid gains despite soaring oil prices following the devastation of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
"Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity."
AI
