Posted on 08/02/2014 5:27:12 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
Google searches for business and politics topics can predict a future stock market crash, researchers have claimed.
An analysis of search terms between 2004 and 2012 found an increase in internet searches preceded falls.
Researchers from Warwick Business School said search behaviour could provide an early warning system of concerns about the state of the economy.
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Minority Report.
So, if I create a program to flood Google with bogus searches and convince others that a crash is coming, my short sells will be worth a fortune?
See ya later, I’m going to start to work now.
Are they also selling a liquid that turns lead into gold?
I guess they’ll be on CoastToCoastAM with Noory the Nitwit.
Significant keywords:
“girls with big booties” - market is unstable.
“girls with really big booties” - market may correct.
“no, I mean really, really big booties” - market will strongly correct.
“I’m talkin’ really firm, tight, mega-booties of steel” - serious multi-day correction.
“Jennifer Lopez’s booty” - major economic collapse.
Correctly predicted 11 of the last 3 crashes......
Hillary is a better predictor. In 2004 her mantra was we were in the worst economy since the great dedepression. Four years later it looked like she was on to something.
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