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Feb.04
9:10 AM ET
Monday, 4 Feb 2008
Super Bowl Market Stats - Big Blue and Big Scores
Posted By:Ariel Nelson
Topics:Nasdaq | Dow Jones Industrial Average | Sports | Stock Market
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Additionally, high scoring games (40+ points) also correspond to good market years while lower scoring games (39 points or less) coincide with weaker years. When the Giants and Patriots last played they had a combined score of 73 points! Could it be a good year after all?
Below are the avg annual returns for the Dow [.DJIA
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]for years that original AFL / NFL teams (Tampa Bay Bucs and Baltimore Raven expansion teams excluded) win the big game. Note NASDAQ data since 1972
- 39 Super Bowls with Original AFL / NFL teams
25 NFL wins
14 AFL wins - Avg annual returns when NFL wins
Dow up 14.7%
S&P up 13.7%
Nasdaq up 14.7% - Avg annual returns when AFL wins
Dow down -2.8%
S&P down -0.4%
Nasdaq up 7.7%
Using the current AFC / NFC delineations, you get the following:
- 41 Super bowls to date
21 NFC wins
20 AFC wins - Avg annual returns when NFC wins
Dow up 14.3%
S&P up 13.8%
Nasdaq up 15.6% - Avg annual returns when AFC wins
Dow up 2.0%
S&P up 3.0%
Nasdaq up 8.6%
Looking at High (40+) and Low scoring games:
- 41 Super bowls to date
26 games with 40 or more total points
15 games with 39 or fewer points - Avg annual returns when total points scored are 40+
Dow up 11.1%
S&P up 11.8%
Nasdaq up 17.2% - Avg annual returns total points scored are less than 40
Dow up 3.4%
S&P up 2.9%
Nasdaq up 2.6% - Note - avgs when the NFC wins a low scoring game
Dow up 10.5%
S&P up 12.1%
Nasdaq up 13.3%
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