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In the discussion thread: Men Probably Too Hormonal and Moody to be Trusted with Important Financial Decisions [View all]

Response to BlancheSplanchnik (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 08:57 PM

DirkGently (6,675 posts)

10. I really don't think this is satire.

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Jezebel is making funny over a Bloomberg report. Bloomberg's not known for Onion-esque pieces. It's based on several studies and a recent book by a neuroscientist.

Coates makes a convincing case that physiology plays a central role in driving markets, one that is generally overlooked. This insight might well form the basis of new investment indexes, even funds, based on widespread real-time monitoring of the hormonal biochemistry of the investing population.

What's more, I don't think it's the least ridiculous or extreme. Doesn't take a neuroscientist to observe that obsessive, aggressive risk-taking is a by-product of testosterone.

I'm a little surprised to see people leaping in and assuming it's a joke.

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29 replies	Author	Time	Post
Men Probably Too Hormonal and Moody to be Trusted with Important Financial Decisions [View all]	n2doc	Jun 2012	OP
Nice parody! Right down to an Invisible Hand reference!	banned from Kos	Jun 2012	#1
I don't think the book referenced is a parody.	DirkGently	Jun 2012	#9
I have seen many dopey male traders but the best are men	banned from Kos	Jun 2012	#11
But the boom- bust cycles when Alpha traders are set loose	DirkGently	Jun 2012	#13
More like egos out of control	Confusious	Jun 2012	#22
Heresy! Greed only affects males, dammit. Let's ban testosterone!	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#25
I'm waiting for someone to take this seriously	unreadierLizard	Jun 2012	#2
Oh, not again.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#3
I do understand your point, but	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2012	#4
I'm not sure how this is going to help. It's divisive.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#6
I really don't think this is satire.	DirkGently	Jun 2012	#10
i'm not at all convinced this is a flawed study coming out of Cambridge.	nashville_brook	Jun 2012	#20
Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)	Ashley96	Jun 2012	#5
hooooboy...	dionysus	Jun 2012	#7
Bwahaha! What detail. Jezebel is pretty good.	freshwest	Jun 2012	#8
Doesn't appear to be a joke.	DirkGently	Jun 2012	#12
Yes, Dirk.	freshwest	Jun 2012	#14
Yes, freshwest.	DirkGently	Jun 2012	#19
And here's to you...	freshwest	Jun 2012	#23
...in the hands of their significant other. nt	Comrade_McKenzie	Jun 2012	#15
K&R. I agree.	Overseas	Jun 2012	#16
these ball-fueled bozos	ManyShadesOf	Jun 2012	#17
Or as a friend of mine used to say...	ljm2002	Jun 2012	#18
CORRECT	Skittles	Jun 2012	#21
Heh.	BlueIris	Jun 2012	#26
love it	iandhr	Jun 2012	#24
Try posting the same title with "Women too hormonal..."	Lucky Luciano	Jun 2012	#27
So I guess all men should be castrated in the author's mind	just1voice	Jun 2012	#28
my takeaway is that financial decisions fueled by testosterone = fail	nashville_brook	Jun 2012	#29

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