ByDAN BURROWS
See our story, Can Music Predict the Stock Market s Volatility? He says songs with a steady beat are popular in times of high volatility, while the opposite is true when volatility is low. Here s a look at some key periods in the market and the chart-topping music of those times.
1963
The nation was shocked by the assassination of JFK, but volatility beared the news stoically, judging by the popularity of Johnny Mathis's hit "What Will Mary Say," a song with one of the highest beat variances of all time.
See our story, Can Music Predict the Stock Market s Volatility? He says songs with a steady beat are popular in times of high volatility, while the opposite is true when volatility is low. Here s a look at some key periods in the market and the chart-topping music of those times.
1974
The oil crisis had share prices tanking and gas tanks running on empty. Maybe Bobby Vinton's "Melodies of Love" helped take investors' minds off those stupid "Whip Inflation Now" buttons.
See our story, Can Music Predict the Stock Market s Volatility? He says songs with a steady beat are popular in times of high volatility, while the opposite is true when volatility is low. Here s a look at some key periods in the market and the chart-topping music of those times.
1985
Power Ties. Greed is Good. "Dorf on Golf." The best-forgotten go-go '80s were a time of high volatility. Let's blame it on the low beat variance of a-ha's "Take on Me."
See our story, Can Music Predict the Stock Market s Volatility? He says songs with a steady beat are popular in times of high volatility, while the opposite is true when volatility is low. Here s a look at some key periods in the market and the chart-topping music of those times.
1992
Sir Mix-a-Lot's Baby Got Back beat variance is as smooth as, well, a baby's bottom. Maybe that's why there was mad volatility on the market's dance floor.
See our story, Can Music Predict the Stock Market s Volatility? He says songs with a steady beat are popular in times of high volatility, while the opposite is true when volatility is low. Here s a look at some key periods in the market and the chart-topping music of those times.
1999
Irrational exuberance , irrational volatility. Were they piping Christina Aquilera's Genie in a Bottle into the trading pits?
See our story, Can Music Predict the Stock Market s Volatility? He says songs with a steady beat are popular in times of high volatility, while the opposite is true when volatility is low. Here s a look at some key periods in the market and the chart-topping music of those times.
2008
Volatility is at record and nauseating highs. Is there a better explanation for the phenomenon of rickrolling? Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" was a No. 1 hit, all right. Twenty years ago.
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