Is the Reason for Financial Success This Simple?

Here's an "interesting" study that relates finger size to financial success:

Researchers at the University of Cambridge in England report that men with longer ring fingers, compared to their index fingers, tended to be more successful in the frantic high-frequency trading in the London financial district.

Indeed, the impact of biology on success was about equal to years of experience at the job, the team led by physiologist John M. Coates reports in Monday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The same ring-to-index finger ratio has previously been associated with success in competitive sports such as soccer and basketball, the researchers noted.

Wow. Who would have ever thought? I thought it was my ability to make and save money that helped grow my net worth and income. Now I find out that because my ring fingers are longer than my index fingers, I'm destined for financial success. Very interesting indeed.

Of course, I'm taking these findings with a huge grain of salt. I'll stick to working on my three steps to becoming rich and let the length of my fingers be what they may. ;-)

Comments

[ekrabs]

Implied levels of testosterone that may have lead to relative differences in length in one's finger that may or may not divine one's appetite for risky behaviors that may or may not suggest why the dinosaurs were killed by aliens in passing UFOs that may ultimately explain why Bush has managed to stay in office for two terms does not necessarily conclude that such people tended to be more successful.

Even if such a preposterous study turned out to contain some semblance of validity, it also contradicts another study I once read that men who exhibited risky behavior also tended to be less successful as opposed to those who are a bit more conservative (thus with equally catch titles that teases with the idea as to why Warren Buffett "invests like a girl").

Seriously, even with legitimate academic studies, the public must take it for exactly what it is: An academic study, no more, no less. And a soft one at that. The public should not automatically equate that to the truth.

[Bobby]

@ ekrabs

Dude,

That was awesome! ROFL!

[Tarah]

I take this about as seriously as how an IQ affects someone's ability to be successful (which it doesn't).

BTW- ekrabs, what a great comment!

[Me]

According to MANswers on Spike TV (clip: "How to tell if she's a dude")
Women's index fingers are longer than their ring fingers and vice versa for men.
This news blew my mind and I've yet to find a guy with an index finger longer than his ring finger and vice versa for women.

So if you take anything from this, remember to look at your date's fingers when you pick her up in a bar to see if she's a dude.

[F]

Call me crazy but I buy this. Out of curiosity, I looked up my finger size ratio and found it's very favourable! :-)
Ridiculous is not the study, but the title of the article. This is not about "financial success" but risk appetite/stomaching!

LMAO @previous poster

[poor boomer]

I am happy to debunk another fallacy; my ring finger is longer than my index finger.

Who comes up with this stuff?

[Me]

^ You're a dude.

[Freedombound]

This is very funny! I looked at my hands and my ring finger is longer than my index finger (I am a woman). I looked at my sons hands... and their index finger is longer than their ring fingers. Who knew? Gives me hope than my financial situation will improve!