Finger length may predict financial success
January 13, 2009 By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID , AP Science Writer(AP) -- The length of a man's ring finger may predict his success as a financial trader. Researchers at the University of Cambridge in England report that men with longer ring fingers, compared to their index fingers, tended to be more successful in the frantic high-frequency trading in the London financial district.
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Well I don%u2019t believe on those sayings, because the success of a person depends on his or her attitudes. Because even you have
a very long finger if you are a lazy person you will never become successful in your life.
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