Music to invest by

Crank up the tunes–they might help you make money on Wall Street. Phil Maymin, a professor at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, studied decades of Billboard Hot 100 hits and discovered that songs with more consistent beats tend to be popular just before periods of high volatility in the stock market. He’ll explain his theory and tell us what he thinks the current hit, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” by Beyonce, says about our financial future.