Posted on 09/17/2006 2:13:27 PM PDT by jdm
Blood type may have something to do with stock investment styles and the success of investment, a poll of 1,126 individual investors suggests. The poll was conducted by stock investment portal site Paxnet from Aug. 30 to Sept. 8.
According to the firm, investors with blood type A and AB were more likely to pursue stable investment strategies and were relatively successful in investments, while those with blood type of O and B made more aggressive investments and often lost money.
Out of 394 investors with blood type A, 184 (47 percent) made profit in stock investment, as did 79 out of 173 investors with blood type AB (46 percent). Some 40.7 percent of investors with blood type B and 39 percent of those with blood type O made profit from stock investment.
But 15 percent of investors with blood type A and 13 percent with type AB lost more than half their principal, while 20 percent with type B and 18 percent with type O lost big. Among investors with blood type A and AB, 14 percent and 12 percent made a fortune at an investment return rate of more than 50 percent. But a mere 8 percent and 9 percent among investors with blood type B and O experienced such successful investment.
Type O and B investors were more speculatively inclined, according to the poll. Asked whether they invested on credit over the past year, 55 percent with type O and 49 percent with type B answered that they did, but only 37 percent with type A and 43 percent with type AB said yes. Some 47 percent of investors with blood type B invested in only one item, but only 32 percent of those with blood type AB put all their eggs in one basket.
ping.
I KNEW it had to be my mother's fault!
Now we need to check blood types on liberals and conservatives to see if there is a correlation.
I'm AB+, and I'll be handling your investments through my PayPal account..
Well, there you have it...just one more reason to be type AB+
Cool. Thanks!
humph! Just the opposite of my husband and me. He's a spender, A+ too, and I'm a conservative saver that doesn't like risk (financial anyway) O+
"Type O and B investors were more speculatively inclined, according to the poll. Asked whether they invested on credit over the past year, 55 percent with type O and 49 percent with type B answered that they did, but only 37 percent with type A and 43 percent with type AB said yes. Some 47 percent of investors with blood type B invested in only one item, but only 32 percent of those with blood type AB put all their eggs in one basket."
I am type O+ and have never invested on credit nor will I.
We own 20 to 30 mutual funds, and again would never invest in a single fund, company or item, commodity, resources or whatever.
But the majority of investors lost money?
Sounds like the stock market is a crap shoot. I wonder how this translates to poker...
Type O negative here who has had three years of gains in the market. I am inclined to think that if the majority of investors lost money in a down market, the poll numbers would look much different in a good market with agressive blood types making more $.
I think you're right.
Your blood is the most valuable!
I'd be more interested in this study if they did the breakdown of the commonality of various types. For instance, my type, B+ apparently originated in Asia. Too bad I stink in investments according to the study.
The Japanese use blood types like Westerners use zodizc signs.
This topic was posted , thanks jdm.
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