Taking risks

Financial risk taking is as much a biological activity, with as many medical consequences, as facing down a grizzly bear.

– "The Hour Between Dog and Wolf", John Coates, https://www.kobo.com/PL/pl/ebook/the-hour-between-dog-and-wolf

Note - this is about stock brokers waiting for an important Fed announcement:

Breathing accelerates, drawing in more oxygen, and their heart rates speed up. Cells of the immune system take up position, like firefighters, at vulnerable points of their bodies, such as the skin, and stand ready to deal with injury and infection.

– "The Hour Between Dog and Wolf", John Coates, https://www.kobo.com/PL/pl/ebook/the-hour-between-dog-and-wolf