Presenting the Hemline Theory of stock market performance.
According to Reuters:
Lower hemlines are coming back in fashion for spring and that could spell bad news for the U.S. stock market.
The higher the hemlines, the better the outlook for stocks, according to a popular, but frequently disputed, theory. When hemlines drop, watch out — the Dow Jones Industrial Average is likely to fall, the theory goes.
Bolstering the hemline theory, miniskirts were in vogue and stocks rose in the 1960s.
By the early 1970s, the Arab oil embargo forced Americans to endure gas pump lines, the economy suffered and the popular style was the ankle-length maxiskirt.
I guess someday we can relate stock market performance to the phases of the moon, or to the appearance of some random comet in the sky, or to the height of women’s shoe heels, or perhaps to the number of men getting haircuts in a given month. 
Won’t blame you if you want to see more miniskirts.
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So if kilts become popular male attire in the US, will that affect the price of stocks? You see, kilts generally have a fairly high hemline. We could start a new fashion trend here in the States, and our economy would likewise go through the roof! Of course, we wouldn’t get credit, but those who knew the truth would regard us as heroes!
Patrick, look at it another way: if the market tanks horribly this week, what are the chances that some men will be forced to take to kilts?
I would also thrown in a bagpipe there.
Interesting article, I allways wear long skirts anyway, lol.
Haha, another thing to watch, other than the markets… fashion!
Actually shortly after graduation I was hired by an entrepreneur from Indiana to write software to track correlation between moon phases and stock prices. I heard later he is running a successful consulting company. Not sure if the software had anything to do with his success… but the point is, you can sell pretty much anything, just need to find the right kind of customer.
Yan.. That’s awesome. What were your findings.. did you really find a correlation?
That’s great! What kind of market are we looking at now?
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