The markets have been off to a rocky start this year but maybe the bulls can breath a sigh of relief now that the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue is on the newsstands with Marisa Miller on the cover. The folks over at Bespoke Investment have run the numbers and created a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Indicator. As it turns out, having an American on the cover is a bullish indicator.
“Over the last 30 years, an American has appeared on the cover of the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 15 different years,” the Bespoken write. “The average performance of the S&P 500 during those 15 years is a gain of 13.9% with 13 positive years (87%). Of the fifteen years where no American appeared on the cover, the S&P 500 has averaged a gain of only 7.2% with 11 positive years (73%).”
The shorts should hope for Spanish speaking cover models. Issues featuring models from Argentina, Mexico and Spain all saw losses for the S&P 500 that year.
(Oh, and click image for a bigger version of the cover.)
2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue: It's Research! [Think Big via Eddy]
Posted by , Feb 12, 2008 3:51PM
Czech Republic returns 14%...
Posted by , Feb 12, 2008 3:51PM
slim body big but not too big boobs, omg, i have to go home now
Posted by , Feb 12, 2008 3:53PM
34D-23-35, 5'8" 110lbs my god that is perfection
Posted by chris , Feb 12, 2008 4:04PM
Intelligent design folks should show her as Exhibit A. No way evolution stumbled along and produced that - clearly the work of a supreme being.
Posted by Ramblin' Wreck , Feb 12, 2008 4:15PM
I don't know, as much as I agree w/ 3:51 and 3:53, 1 out of 6 billion could easily be explained by chance.
Posted by Yo! , Feb 12, 2008 4:15PM
slightly off topic, but...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=513820&in_page_id=1811
Posted by Erin , Feb 12, 2008 4:18PM
@4:04 PM
Really? Chris, but did intelligent design produced you too? That can't be same intelligent design that produced her, unless it went dumb by the time they got to you. ;-)
Posted by , Feb 12, 2008 4:21PM
i am having lustful thoughts, i must repent
Posted by Prone to Hyperbole , Feb 12, 2008 4:21PM
4:15:
That may be the most awesome thing I have ever seen in my life!!!
Posted by , Feb 12, 2008 4:32PM
@4:15 woah that can't be real
Posted by , Feb 12, 2008 4:40PM
KLW, and how do you know.......
Posted by Exponential growth... , Feb 12, 2008 4:40PM
I don't know about a bullish stock market, but after seeing that cover I know that she's made something rise...
Posted by , Feb 12, 2008 4:43PM
I can't stop picturing that indian body builder nailing it.
And for some reason it really turns me on. Is that normal?
Posted by Bulging Bracket , Feb 12, 2008 4:46PM
Marissa - daaaamn. That is all.
Posted by , Feb 12, 2008 4:49PM
no you are most likely a borderline personality
Posted by I gots to know! , Feb 12, 2008 4:50PM
After seeing that cover, I'm gone from being short to extra long... Is that normal?
Posted by cliche but well worth it , Feb 12, 2008 4:51PM
best. post. ever.
Posted by GAnalYst , Feb 12, 2008 4:59PM
There's no accounting for taste.
Posted by GAnalYst , Feb 12, 2008 5:00PM
I prefer Tanner anyday.
Posted by To The Hilt , Feb 12, 2008 5:01PM
@ KLW
so you work at a tanning salon? you're a hairdresser? you work for hooked on phonics?
Posted by R. Paul , Feb 12, 2008 5:10PM
I'd like to wider the spread on those assets babay
Posted by , Feb 12, 2008 5:12PM
Merchandising?
Posted by Calgary Schmooze , Feb 12, 2008 5:22PM
Marisa made my igloo melt.
Posted by Nominate me , Feb 12, 2008 5:25PM
I see that stuff and can't fight the urge to turn my wife into the $6 million woman.
How I present the "Marissa Miller makes me want to turn you into the Bionic Woman" conversation I haven't worked out yet.
Posted by pp5-1doodoo , Feb 12, 2008 5:26PM
i think the lil' guy in the @4:15 link is related to this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyMgyn6V4yI
Posted by Yo! , Feb 12, 2008 5:30PM
Morgan Stanley executive Jerker M. Johansson is the leading candidate to become the chief executive of UBS AG's investment banking operation, according to people familiar with the matter.
Jerker Johansson - can we please have some fun with this name?
Posted by , Feb 12, 2008 5:36PM
What brings a pr person to db, boredom?
Posted by Anal_yst , Feb 12, 2008 5:40PM
@ 5:36...their friend/roomate/etc being a writer?
Posted by R. Paul , Feb 12, 2008 5:53PM
Cathy @ KLW is super hot
Posted by , Feb 12, 2008 5:56PM
Klw is the easy roommate?
Posted by Ben , Feb 13, 2008 8:25AM
Arghh Arghh