This nutty little barometer that seemingly has nothing to do with stocks has been correct in 35 of the past 45 years by asserting that the when a team from the old National Football League (before the 1970 AFL-NFL merger) or a team from the National Football Conference wins the Super Bowl, large cap U.S. stocks will advance for the year. A champion from the AFC or old American Football League is supposed to bring out the bears. This suggests that a win by the NFC’s New York Giants over the AFC’s New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI in on Sunday would be bullish for stocks. John Dobosz for Forbes.
