My first instinct when I saw the title: "correlation does not mean causation". Yet...
From 2000 to 2022, the number of people investing in stocks in China rose from 29.3 million to a staggering 322.6 million. As a result of this spike in investments, fluctuations in the stock market can have a significant effect on the finances of numerous individuals and their families.
Drastic changes in wealth or financial difficulties resulting from these stock market fluctuations could potentially also affect the mental and physical health of investors. In fact, some recent reports have found a correlation between stock market fluctuations and specific physical and psychological issues.
Researchers at the National University of Singapore, Jinan University, Peking University and Sun Yat-sen University recently explored this potential link further, focusing on the relationship between stock market fluctuations and stress-related emergency room visits in China. Their findings, published in Nature Mental Health, unveiled a trend marked by greater visits to emergency rooms by individuals experiencing stress-related mental health issues during periods of stock market volatility.
Time for a follow-up study on the correlation between BTC market cycles and mental/physical health?
117 sats \ 0 replies \ @quark 6 Jul
It is very bad for the health if you use leverage to borrow to speculate. Only invest what you can afford to lose and keep your health which is the most important part.
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If someone published a paper about this link in the U.S., the health agencies would declare all stock market fluctuations a "public health emergency" and expand their powers to control what stocks we can buy or sell.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @clr 6 Jul
One can only hope. The stock market is already mostly manipulated and the small players don't have much chance. Maybe power becoming so overt would be the final push that people need to go fully into bitcoin and stop playing stupid stock market games.
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People are more worried about making money and saving face than their health. Sounds very chinese.
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