Weather, biorhythms, beliefs and stock returns—Some preliminary Irish evidence

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Some Like It Mild and Not Too Wet: The Influence of Weather on Subjective Well-Being (2012, unknown): “Economists have studied the effect of sunshine on stock market returns, suggesting that investors’ good mood on sunny days influences their cognitive processes and trading decisions (Saunders 1993; Hirshleifer and Shumway 2003; Dowling and Lucey 2005; Goetzmann and Zhu 2003).”
Fast profits: Investor sentiment and stock returns during Ramadan (2012, background): “Dowling and Lucey (2005) and Kamstra et al. (2000) present international evidence that seasonal variations in biorhythms and disruptions in sleep caused by changing to and from daylight saving time affect stock returns.”
Investor mood, herding and the Ramadan effect (2016, methodology): “The proxy variables that have been used in the relevant studies in order to gauge social mood include weather (Saunders, 1993), biorhythms (Kamstra et al., 2003) and beliefs relating to Lunar phases or Friday 13th (Dowling & Lucey, 2005).”