Cultural Trends

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  Here’s Why Millennials Are Having Fewer Children

  We’ve seen the “fewer children” phenomenon before.
   
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  Elliott Waves and the Market for Bonds – James Bonds

  Do you love James Bond? This new book says audiences’ answers change with the stock market.
   
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  Marijuana in California: The World’s 6th Largest Economy

  Alan Hall explains that positive social mood intensifies regulation of drugs such as alcohol and marijuana.
   
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  [Article] For James Bond, Success Is a Matter of Mood

  Chuck Thompson looks at the James Bond film franchise’s 25 films and how they performed versus the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
   
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  Legal Marijuana: Why NOW?

  Some might blame it on “today’s loose morals,” but there is a better explanation.
   
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  [Article] A Seven-Decade Secular Shift: How Positive Mood Downsized America’s Protestant Core

  Alan Hall explains that a long-term positive social mood trend has contributed to this secular shift.
   
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  [Article] Negative Mood Drives Transgender Expressions in Brazil

  A deeply negative social mood is driving a flurry of transgender expressions in Brazil, in its Carnival celebrations, fashion industry, TV shows and beauty competitions.
   
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  [Article] A Grand Supercycle Strut Down the Catwalk: From Bear Market to Just Plain Bare

  What do skirt hemlines and the stock market have in common? Here is an excerpt of the January 2015 video transcript.
   
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  [Article] Social Mood Influences Technological Development

  What kind of technological innovations will impact the future? The answer depends on the trend in social mood.
   
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  [Article] The Socionomics of Rory Mania: How Social Mood Shapes Rory McIlroy’s Popularity and Career

  Socionomist Chuck Thompson explains that McIlroy’s PGA Tour wins correspond with positive extremes in social mood.