This was submitted a day ago but was later deleted by the author.<p>My original comment still applies: the analysis is bad. All examples hit the <i>post hoc ergo propter hoc</i> fallacy: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc</a>