We all know that Americans love their statistics - in sport, obviously. And in finance too.

The remark plays on a familiar cultural stereotype: that American public life is unusually quantified and metric-driven. By pointing first to sport—where box scores, rankings, and performance analytics are central to fandom—then extending the habit to finance, Davis suggests that the same appetite for numerical comparison shapes attitudes toward markets, investment performance, and economic reporting. The line also implies a contrast with places where qualitative judgment or discretion is more culturally foregrounded. Its tone is lightly ironic, using “obviously” to signal that the sports example is self-evident, while “in finance too” broadens the claim to a more consequential domain.