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The New Volatility, or Are Stock Markets Affected by Political Influences Reaching A Tipping Point?

January 26, 2010 · 4 comments

in 2010, DJIA, Federal Reserve, Obama Effect, S&P 500, VIX volatility, banks, central banks, earnings, economics, economy, market reports, market trends, news and updates, politics, recession, special dates, stocks

State of the (Economic) Union 2010: is political news now a leading indicator of stock markets?
I can’t remember where I read it recently, perhaps even in the End of Influence, but the consensus among some who know more about it than I do is that stock markets, and most notably the U.S. stock market in [...]

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Will Equity Markets Go Up Again Post-Election?

November 4, 2008 · 1 comment

in US economy, special dates, stocks

Lately it seems I sure am asking a lot of questions.  I just read somewhere that historically, stocks do rise by a marginal amount (2%) the day after US presidential elections.  People might be glad just to have the thing over and done with, regardless of the outcome.  There’s also a broad consensus that Obama [...]

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