Tag: statistical research

(6 March 2025)  Synopsis: This study measures the effect of Mercury retrograde on the stock market.  Despite the negative connotation to the Mercury retrograde period, this study of 79 cases from 2000-2024 found that the 24-day retrograde cycle and the extended 54-day shadow retrograde period were only modestly bearish for stocks.  Moreover, much of the average relative bearishness of Mercury retrograde may be attributed to just two cases -- the fall 2008 financial crisis and the 2020 Covid crash.  (N.B.  This study was simultaneously posted on my Empirical Astrology...