There seems to be a connection between the TV "star" and the market "star." in regards to
social trends. I posted some of the article below and the rest you can find here:
http://www.graspthemarket.com/articles/20091125a.php

An interesting part of the Tribune article was a graph that showed the average daily
viewership slipping from approximately 9 million in 2005 to 6.2 million in the beginning
of 2009 (the graph only showed 2009 as a single point, not month to month). That is a drop
of about 31%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was trading at about 10,500 at the
beginning of 2005, and hit a low of 6,469 in March of 2009. This is a drop of about 38%
during that time period. Both percentages are very close to each other. Is there a
connection? I think there might be.