English Dictionary

hemline theory

名詞

不可算名詞

The informal theory that stock market prices move in the same direction as the hemline of women's skirts, short skirts being considered bullish and long skirts bearish.

日本語の意味

女性のスカートの裾の長さと株価の動きに相関があるとする非公式な理論。具体的には、短いスカートが強気（株価上昇）、長いスカートが弱気（株価下落）のシグナルと解釈される。

Many economists dismiss the hemline theory as a charming but unreliable correlation between skirt lengths and stock market trends.

多くの経済学者は、スカートの丈と株価が同じ方向に動くとする俗説（短いスカートは強気、長いスカートは弱気と見なされる）を魅力的だが信頼できない相関関係として退けている。

意味（1）

The informal theory that stock market prices move in the same direction as the hemline of women's skirts, short skirts being considered bullish and long skirts bearish.

I also like the hemline theory better than the freight-car-loading theory, on the grounds of aesthetics. The former theory, you will recall, relates stock booms to periods in which hemlines are higher.