Comments on: The New Volatility, or Are Stock Markets Affected by Political Influences Reaching A Tipping Point? http://www.getmoneyenergy.com/2010/01/state-of-the-economic-union-political-influences-affecting-stock-markets/ Canadian Dividend Stocks and DRIP Investing for Dividend Growth and Cashflow Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:18:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MoneyEnergy http://www.getmoneyenergy.com/2010/01/state-of-the-economic-union-political-influences-affecting-stock-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-3370 MoneyEnergy Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:07:52 +0000 http://www.getmoneyenergy.com/?p=5010#comment-3370 @Paul - it's definitely exacerbated by the info age - real-time everything, and more and more people having access to that real-time data. I think I figured out once that there's only a less-than-36 hours window in which there is *no* stock market somewhere trading around the world, so we're "online" practically all the time. @David -makes sense, although you can see how easy it is to overturn those images - Dems caring more about social safety nets and Republicans supposedly more interested in boosting wealth of the rich, so it's almost counterintuitive. But I don't know so much about U.S. party politics.... @Paul – it’s definitely exacerbated by the info age – real-time everything, and more and more people having access to that real-time data. I think I figured out once that there’s only a less-than-36 hours window in which there is *no* stock market somewhere trading around the world, so we’re “online” practically all the time.

@David -makes sense, although you can see how easy it is to overturn those images – Dems caring more about social safety nets and Republicans supposedly more interested in boosting wealth of the rich, so it’s almost counterintuitive. But I don’t know so much about U.S. party politics….

]]> By: Paul @ FiscalGeek http://www.getmoneyenergy.com/2010/01/state-of-the-economic-union-political-influences-affecting-stock-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-3369 Paul @ FiscalGeek Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:58:32 +0000 http://www.getmoneyenergy.com/?p=5010#comment-3369 Or maybe this is just a sign of the times living in the information age. We can know so much about so many things but the slighest wrinkle can cause conclusions both true and false. It's akin to ascribing economic changes to crowd dynamics. I think we're in a new paradigm and I would agree that this is the new volatility. Of course if it's always volatile then that just becomes the norm. Or maybe this is just a sign of the times living in the information age. We can know so much about so many things but the slighest wrinkle can cause conclusions both true and false. It’s akin to ascribing economic changes to crowd dynamics. I think we’re in a new paradigm and I would agree that this is the new volatility. Of course if it’s always volatile then that just becomes the norm.

]]> By: David of seo-writer.com http://www.getmoneyenergy.com/2010/01/state-of-the-economic-union-political-influences-affecting-stock-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-3368 David of seo-writer.com Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:34:58 +0000 http://www.getmoneyenergy.com/?p=5010#comment-3368 I have heard an alternative theory. That when people sense economic trouble, they turn to the conservative party for safety and careful money management; when they sense optimism, they forget their safer options and pick the party they can go shopping with. I have heard an alternative theory. That when people sense economic trouble, they turn to the conservative party for safety and careful money management; when they sense optimism, they forget their safer options and pick the party they can go shopping with.

]]> By: MoneyEnergy http://www.getmoneyenergy.com/2010/01/state-of-the-economic-union-political-influences-affecting-stock-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-3367 MoneyEnergy Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:56:05 +0000 http://www.getmoneyenergy.com/?p=5010#comment-3367 Update Jan. 26, 2010: Obama plans to call for a "domestic spending freeze" in his State of the Union: http://vf.cx/kpU (via @Viewsflow) Update Jan. 26, 2010: Obama plans to call for a “domestic spending freeze” in his State of the Union: http://vf.cx/kpU (via @Viewsflow)

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