Yep Efficient Market Hypothesis is as relevant to dating as it is to index-linked investment strategies apparently. Well according to Clusterstock anyway:

We’ve long subscribed to a version of the effecient market hypothesis when it comes to dating. It’s not just that all the good ones seem to be taken. They are taken. In fact, their takeness is some of the best evidence of being “good one.” And the odds are strongly against anyone “beating the market” by finding an unattached person to date.

And who are the strongest proponents of Dating EMH? Women according to John Tierney, the science writer for the New York Times:

Researchers have debated for years whether men or women are likelier to engage in “mate poaching.” Some surveys indicated that men had a stronger tendency to go after other people’s part]ners, but was that just because men were more likely to admit engaging in this behavior? Now there’s experimental evidence that single women are particularly drawn to other people’s partners, according to a report in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology by two social psychologists, Melissa Burkley and Jessica Parker of Oklahoma State University.

We’re not yet sure how that translates to investment perfomance but we’ll be the first to let you know…