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What is the Hemline Theory telling us about stock markets?

By Prieur du Plessis, on June 2nd, 2008 posted in: Investment, Markets, Money

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The length of women’s skirts tells us the way the market is going to go, according to the so-called “hemline theory”. Right now the trend is supershort skirts and stiletto heels. Could this be telling us something about the market ahead? [...]

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