Swimsuit Models: Good for the Economy?

Some chicks have all the fun in winter. While this New England-based bloggerette bundles up in more wool than a sheep orgy, other lucky gals get to frolic on the beach in all their va-va-voomy glory. Ladies and gentlemen, but mostly gentlemen, take note: The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue has arrived and there are plenty of pictures for your ogling pleasure.

But man does not live by sultry, glossy photos alone. There are things like the economy to worry about, right? Well, it’s a good thing we have financial bloggers to reconcile the two.

Huh?

A handful of finance professionals investigated the burning question, What does SI’s Swimsuit Issue mean for the S & P 500? (Admit it, you were wondering the same thing but were too shy to ask.) After some number-crunching involving 30 years of economic data and cover models’ countries of origin, the too-much-time-on-their-hands finance fellas figured it all out: Years with American cover models also had a much higher S & P gain.

So there you have it. All we need to jump start the economy are swimsuit models!

And somewhere, a Presidential hopeful orders a campaign manager to investigate the phenomenon in more detail . . .

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