The Obama (Stock Market) Discount May Be Real

Explain the economy since the dems got control of congress

And now one at the top of the show....Just try...

Bren of AZ @ Nov 08, 2008 17:44:33 PM

Look To The Planets

We don't deal in partisan speculation around here like this story writer. We deal in reality to invest for the good of all. And we see overwhelming evidence of more widespread prosperity with democratic ideals in place. You can be a republican and have democratic ideals, but most don't. The law of abundance says others getting theirs doesn't mean you won't get yours. The republicans lately have turned the law of abundance on its ear and you can see the nasty results of greed and selfish agendas. The world rejoices this week, and for good reason. I can't help but think the world is smarter than the few who got america into this unprecidented mess. The republican anti-reg movement relies on folks doing the right thing. But republicans haven't. They only have themselves to blame for someone else having to take the reins for a while. They keep trying to ruin this great time by bitter sniping. The planets of hope and commerce will be taking the sky when Obama is sworn in. Then Bush was sworn in the planet of war was prominent. Enough said!

David of MO @ Nov 06, 2008 17:38:27 PM

whats really going to happen

I think he will govern from as far left as he can and get away with it. Him and his running mate both supported the 500% tax on ammunition, so they could say that they supported the second ammendment, by not supporting gun control, but tried like hell to ensure that if you had guns you couldnt afford the bullets. We as a nation will see a new social program spring up almost daily once he and the new congress get settled in. We will also get to enjoy paying for all the new benefits of the 12 million or so illegal here because they will get some form of amnesty, and are rewarded for breaking our laws. What I do see happening and this is already apparent in the market is that the top 10% of the population that drive a majority of the economy will start cashing out before our taxes go through the roof and moving that money off shore. So with all the new socialist programs to pay for, fewer jobs because of the bleeding of the country to new taxation, and the bigger companies will go the way of DynCorp and move thier entire operations to other countries because they now pay 35% corporate tax rates (the second highest in the world) and it will most likely go to 50% or more. Not to mention the small businesses will be crippled once pelosi and the other are done jacking the minimum wage rate will be $15 an hour or more they wont be able to afford any new employees so small business wont hire anyone they absoluely dont have to have and again fewer jobs, and so new regulation comes out requiring more taxation and mandatory health care, retirement, etc. so the small business will lay off their existing people or close the doors. Hint there is a reason for minimum wage being low. When engineers have to design cash registers that give you your change back because the minimum wage employees cant count. Labor unions and other trade organizations will continue to erode the very fabric of our nation and this regiem will help them along. That is the reason that a new car costs $50,000 or more is because of the unions constantly wanting more and more. I experienced this back in the 80's when I was growing up with the united mine workers wanting so much more that it became cheaper to import coal from anywhere else in the world, well most of them got what they wanted and the companies at that time couldnt compete so they closed the doors, with the miners left holding the bag, the unions simply moved on. I recommend that if you can learn to be self sufficient and stock up on what you can, these people will lead us into the next great depression, screaming more taxation all the way.

brown of VA @ Nov 05, 2008 20:01:20 PM

Joe of WA

Clinton had conservative economic views. Obama does not.

Joe of IN @ Nov 05, 2008 18:59:00 PM

Warren Buffet

You mean the Gay Blade of Omaha.....he's Gay.....and he's down 18.6% not including his Goldman investment that's under water!

of TX @ Nov 05, 2008 15:16:06 PM

tax & spend

Deficits are tax increases. If President, House & Senate have to increase taxes to pay down the deficit, whose fault is that? Let's see ... we live in a democracy, we elected and re-elected the biggest spender in US history, and we refused all along to pay the bills. The people at the bottom of the scale can't pay their personal bills, let alone the government's, the people at the top have amassed vast wealth because of tax cuts John McCain himself once called "irresponsible," so let's see ... is there a solution here? Maybe the rich folks at the top can stop complaining, pay more for a while, and the electorate will vote them a more conservative House & Senate two years down the road. Then at the end of four years, when the economy is in much better shape, deficits declining, we can reduce taxes again. Life goes on.

terri heaney of MN @ Nov 05, 2008 09:26:13 AM

Joel of Wash

Joel, a little economics 101 from a fellow washingtonian;

The lag time of policies put in place by an administration affect the economy 4 to 8 years later. By definition, this means that every time a democrat gets elected, the prior administration has things turned around and then the democrats raise taxes and screw up the economy just in time for the next republican to get elected and blamed for the problems.

patrick church of WA @ Nov 04, 2008 23:58:32 PM

Thank you for sharing useful information.you've seen fit to tie up an entire page of precious editorial space in a major publication, (all the more precious given the shrinking ad pages, eh?), with this pseudo-serious examination of the Obama Factor in investors' decisions to buy or sell stocks.We want you to come up with more information.

of @ Nov 04, 2008 02:01:25 AM