Comments on: Three-Quarters Of CEOs Fear Obama Presidency

By: Laer

Laer — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:21:35 +0000

The contributions had nothing to do with faith in Obama; they had all to do with buying favor and trying to avoid regulation.
The stat you cite on the economy and market is based on ONE study by two UCLA economists using TWO portfolios created by University of Chicago (hmmm) economists. Strangely (not) the UCLA economists selected out of all the years they could have chosen as the start date 1927, which is odd (not) because stats are available back further than that. That of course starting in 1927 allowed them to begin their analysis with Hoover and the big crash – skewing the outset of the data. Also, it does not cover “economic growth;” just the stock market.

By: dg

dg — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:29:04 +0000

Market closed down 5% plus today. I guess the investment managers have been of the same mind as the CEO’s regarding Obama, record donations to his campaign from Wall Street notwithstanding. It is interesting to note, however, that the stock market and economic growth have both done materially better under Democratic Presidents than under Republican ones. Past is no prologue, but I’m just sayin’…

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