Anomaly because: Other than by a market analyst, these strange theories would go largely unnoticed. Thus, you would never get to laugh at the absurdity. Did you know that skyrocketing lipstick sales are a prime indicate of the recession? Well, Matt Phillips of the Wall Street Journal blogged so on Saturday. Read the article in full here.
Are these just positive/negative correlations over analyzed or what. First thing you learn about correlations in school: they cannot be concluded as causation. Never the less, strange things like Kellogg's cereal and age, hemlines and economic activity, and, according to Phillips (and the Associated Press), the demand for cardboard boxes are theorized as connected.
Strange indeed.
