Over the last 30 years, an American has appeared on the cover of the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 16 different years. The average performance of the S&P 500 during those 16 years is a gain of 10.6% with 13 positive years (81.3%). 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%).[...]
Last year's market decline of 38.5% hurt the overall average return for years when an American appeared on the cover (somebody check Marissa Miller's passport), illustrating that like the Super Bowl indicator, there are always exceptions to the rule...While this year's [Israeli born] cover model indicates the less attractive scenario for the market, at this point most investors would probably be pretty happy with a gain of 7.2% in 2009.
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Indicator [Think Big]
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:42PM
nice. Bess, is that you? I'm impressed.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:42PM
That chick is crazy, crazy hot. Just another reason the US needs to protect Israel.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:43PM
she is much hotter than marisa miller.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:44PM
too boobs, didn't read
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:46PM
Feels good for about 10 minutes and you want to bite into her until the giant shit sandwich that is our economy reappears
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:46PM
@4
two boobs.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:47PM
This is the dumb chick who married some friend of her family to avoid mandatory service in the IDF.
"I really wanted to serve in the IDF, but I don't regret not enlisting, because it paid off big-time," further adding, "Why is it good to die for our country? What, isn't it better to live in New York City?"
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:48PM
nsfw!
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:48PM
@7
I wouldn't send that to war. I'd send pictures of her to the troops at war. Just saying.
Posted by Lowly Assistant , Feb 10, 2009 12:49PM
Yeah, she's ridiculously hot. Her tan line has me in a trance. Fuck work.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:49PM
Well, somebody somewhere was tired of her so Leo got her. So it goes.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:50PM
I'd buy a round in that Bar.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:50PM
Trading room just came to a halt when CNBC said they'd have her on next!!
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:51PM
darren rovel could barely speak with her sitting next to him just now.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:51PM
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say those things are real. I'd have to see her on her back to confirm though.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:52PM
why is she dating that boy bitch leonardo dicaprio?
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:52PM
@9
Let me guess, average people have a duty to sacrifice their lives so that attractive people can screw Hollywood trolls in four star hotels.
A world where the great unwashed masses live their lives to provide for the fortunate few. Yep, I see how you ended up working on Wall Street.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:52PM
too boobs, didn't read
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:53PM
NOW I know why the Neo-Cons were so "Pro-Israel"...
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:54PM
@7, obviously she saw the movie Patton.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:54PM
@17 = Sean Hannity?
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:54PM
I just got stimulus all over my keyboard.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:55PM
I would give her the WORST 94 seconds of her life.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:56PM
wtf was that line of questioning from bill griffeth?
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:57PM
@17
You need to RELAX. Yikes.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:58PM
They looked real to me.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 12:59PM
They looked real to me, too.
~Former Countrywide Mortgage Home Loan Processor
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:02PM
Wrong analysis. Now, correlating stock market returns to the SI Swimsuit Issue cover model's boob size would be far more informative.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:03PM
They looked real to me.
~Spitzer on his transtitues
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:03PM
#16: LEONARDO DICAPRIO IS THE GREATEST LIVING ACTOR EVER.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:03PM
now my market is looking up ;>
Posted by Lowly Assistant , Feb 10, 2009 1:06PM
Even non-photoshopped/everyday pics, she's just amazing.
http://www.denimology.co.uk/2008/05/bar_refaeli_1.jpg
http://www.mariasphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/04_bar-refaeli.jpg
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:08PM
@22
good news there's a cure for you:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aBLfGZwXuGxM
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:08PM
Was she invested with Madoff?
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:09PM
@10 Spot on, sir.
I'd like to show her my sugar lumps, they're sweet, white and highly refined.
-BeckyBootFan
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:09PM
What would Osama BL do if he had 15 minutes with her????
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:10PM
@33......Not needed here.....the economy has affected me in such a way that these days it takes me all night to do what I used to all night. Not many complaints, though.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:12PM
@7, I can't think of a more catastrophic waste than sending Bar Rafaeli into combat.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:13PM
Still betting Gasbaghoul would take an Unemployed Tranny over Miss Bar any day!
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:14PM
thanks for giving me an excuse for having this on my coffee table. "its for business research"
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:15PM
@ 17, i think you're right, its a disgrace that people think its ok she didn't do service because she's good looking...wait...camel toe...take it back, 17, you're a homo, or a woman, either way shut up!
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:17PM
How does DiCaprio do it? Lets Tom Brady have his seconds, and now he has this?
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:19PM
Bess, my people would like to thank your people for producing THAT.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:23PM
Is #17 being sarcastic?
The rich and attractive are supposed to have better lives, right? Otherwise you are just going against nature.
That chick is like a different species from normal women. Jesus!
Posted by Anal_yst , Feb 10, 2009 1:26PM
Anyone know a good 1-hour dry cleaner by any chance?
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:29PM
Am I an idiot or does she have a Jamie Lee Curtis dickgina?
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:38PM
@17,
"I don't care if there's a Russian tank coming down Flatbush Avenue..I ain't fightin'!"
Posted by Suits , Feb 10, 2009 1:41PM
Nice, but she lacks shiksappeal.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:42PM
Wow.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009_swimsuit/models/bar-refaeli/09_bar-refaeli_27.html
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:44PM
SHWING!!
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:47PM
Damn Leo. It's just not fair.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:53PM
This boner doesn't want to come down. I have a meeting at 2PM, any ideas?
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:54PM
@52 - Just get after it ASAP. Give it all you got, and see what happens.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 1:55PM
Look at a picture of Margaret Thatcher..
Posted by Private , Feb 10, 2009 1:56PM
@ 23 - hysterical
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 2:00PM
I'd take Daniela Hantuchova over any of the models any day.....
-The Guy Who Loves Perky Breasts
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 2:04PM
@32 - She looks better in those non touched up shots.
The pink and black bikini with ribbons is ridiculous.
PS - try slamming erection in top drawer. Plan B - stapler.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 2:05PM
@52,think about Shaq shooting free throws
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 2:09PM
Picture a drunken Peter Gammons trimming A Rod's scrotum hairs.
-BBF
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 2:18PM
Funny ... she doesn't look Druish.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 2:20PM
o/u on how much one of those things weighs? 7.5lbs?
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 2:24PM
Think about Bea Arthur
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 2:26PM
@52 -- its easy, just imagine Gasparino in a black dress slipping his hand into a rubber glove while staring into your eyes....
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 2:26PM
Too busy with hands full, didnt read.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 2:30PM
Too hard, couldn't read.
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 2:32PM
I'm moving to Israel.
Posted by Lowly Assistant , Feb 10, 2009 2:37PM
63,
Addendum: Charles slaps your face with said glove, and whispers, "Smell it."
Posted by KevinB , Feb 10, 2009 2:39PM
A priest, a minister, and a rabbi go into a Bar.. the question is, who goes where?
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 2:53PM
69! Leave it!
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 2:58PM
@67 -- I threw up a little in my mouth. Stupid Gasbag and his rubber gloves...
Posted by blndebnker , Feb 10, 2009 3:25PM
What am I missing? I thought Marissa Miller was way hotter.
Posted by e_anthony58 , Feb 10, 2009 4:01PM
ERIN BURNETT'S WAY HOTTER THAN Bar Rafaeli!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT'S RIGHT! I SAID IT!
And Ugly Betty is WAY HOTTER than Maria Bartiromo!!!! HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa!!!!!
Posted by Suits , Feb 10, 2009 4:42PM
You know her brother is a doctor?
Posted by guest , Feb 10, 2009 4:43PM
the sports illustrated bus is currently parked outside 200 park avenue on 45th st. i couldn't see if she was onboard though.
Posted by guest , Feb 11, 2009 1:47AM
what does a man have to do for a simple ass shot these days?