Wall Street trading is often described as a blood sport. But inside the great investment houses, the sport of the moment is, of all things, curling — that oddball of the Olympics that is sort of like shuffleboard on ice.
This slow-poke game, which originated in 16th-century Scotland, has captivated the Type-A world of Wall Street almost by accident. CNBC, whose market chatter is the background music on trading floors, switches to curling from Vancouver shortly after the closing bell.
And so, after a day of braying for money in the markets, traders are winding down with curling. It is, fans say, a bit of after-market therapy. Curling is so slow and drawn out that it becomes mesmerizing. (
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jicydak, the hot curling action is wrapping up this weekend:
today: women's medal games
bronze-medal game - china v. switzerland
ON RIGHT NOW!
gold-medal game - canada v. sweden
on at 6.00pm
tomorrow: men's medal games
bronze-medal game - sweden v. switzerland
on at 12.00pm
gold-medal game - canada v. norway
on at 6.00pm
no, for real.
