"hemline theory" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1986 February 3, John Gantz, “Stock Market Is Easy if You Choose the Right Omen”, in InfoWorld, InfoWorld Media Group, Inc., page 19:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "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."
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