Wednesday, February 6, 2013

"Can the Stock Market Kill You?"

Of course it can
If you've ever been caught on the wrong side in a locked limit commodity market you know there's nothing like it to get your heart pumping. That's why trading is sometimes called "chair aerobics".
 
From Jason Zweig at the WSJ's Total Return blog:
With the stock market brushing all-time highs again, you should bank whatever happiness that gives you. The next time the market takes a sharp drop, it could take your mind and body down with it.

Several earlier studies have found that economic recessions in general tend to be associated with increases in homicides and declines in diet and exercise....MORE