Trades are forgotten as soccer teams prepare to score

 
By RAF CASERT
Published: February 16, 2012

BRUSSELS — The furious activity in the trading pits of the world's great stock exchanges often gives the feeling that every second is gold dust in the relentless rush to make money. Then all of a sudden it's kickoff time, and everything changes.

A wide-ranging study from the European Central Bank has found that the soccer World Cup has a huge impact on traders.

“When the national team was playing...


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