Dr Lu and the zygions: face-based investing

Dr Lu and the zygions: face-based investing
The finding suggests broader-faced individuals tend to be worse at their job but more confident with it. (Image: Getty)
David Chaplin
A new study has found an easy way to spot underperforming fund managers: check out their zygions.Zygions (not to be confused with Zygons, cone-headed alien inhabitants of long-running UK low-fi sci-fi, Doctor Who), of course, are craniometric points “at either end of the bizygomatic diameter” in dictionary-speak: hope that helps.Anyway, zygions offer a way of scientifically sizing-up faces, which, according to research just published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, could be the next big thing in fund manager s...

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