Is there a way to strike a parallel between the Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns 2008 and the periodic table of elements? From the paper (see link below) there is a probabilistic quantum-like (QL) behavior of commodities; a consequence of the organization of the process of production as well as investments. In particular, Hamiltonian (“financial energy”) is determined by rate of return.

ScienceDirect - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications : Quantum-like microeconomics: Statistical model of distribution of investments and production

Secondly can we use density functional theory to give us this rate of return?
Please offer any suggestions, ideas, comments and relevant information.

Thank you.

This looks interesting. However quantum mechanics deals with laws of nature while this has more to do with man made situations and hence i wonder how good it would be. Things like a change in fashion trends or a new scientific discovery (which we can't really factor in) can greatly upset the predictions. I remember reading somewhere that the wig industry got a fillip with the coming of the Beatles and was hit when the craze got over!