Election Rally: History Suggests Democrats Better for Stocks

Ya Democrats!!

Market up at 274 point as of now......Market love Obama...

As if Clinton had anything to do with boom times in the late 90s like Bush Sr. did w/ the downturn in the early 90s. In all, the fact is no national economy has thrived where the business and the upper class are getting taxed heavily. Otherwise, if this "tax the rich and businesses" plan worked out, Europe, Japan, Canada, and South Korea would have the strongest economies by now..

I've already seen a study on this one: The best thing for your money and the markets is when there is a Democratic President and a Conservative Republican Congress and Senate. This is just a bunch of disinformation.

If the market goes up, it's because of Obama? But if the market goes down it's because of Bush? lol

market loves Obama? hummmm,,,,,,higher taxes, wealth distribution, more regulation, protectionism...they must know something we don't.

wow, only 2 comments so far. where are the republicans? LOL

Get the election over so we can focus on Housing and Unemployment. 45% drop in GM sales scares the $%#@ out of me. This little bump does not recover the problems we have...The stock market is not the WHOLE of the U.S.A.

An Obama win will bring us to economic disaster, personally as well as nationally. His supporters have no sense of history but have fallen for "change for the sake of change" without substance to back it up. What credentials, what actions, what experience does he have to lend any substance to his rhetoric?

I think the stats are a little scewed since 1970 there have only been 12 years of Democrats in office vs 28 from Republicans. That works out to 1 in 4 years being down for both sides. The only truth in statistics is you can make them say pretty much whatever you want. Aside from that, typically economic policy takes years to be fully digested. So claiming growth in the economy durring one parties tenure over the other is meaninless.

I think the stats are a little scewed since 1970 there have only been 12 years of Democrats in office vs 28 from Republicans. That works out to 1 in 4 years being down for both sides. The only truth in statistics is you can make them say pretty much whatever you want. Aside from that, typically economic policy takes years to be fully digested. So claiming growth in the economy durring one parties tenure over the other is meaninless.

A strong support for Obama will be good for the market, other than a questionable win for McCain. As a Canadian in the minority I had hoped for a McCain win but with no support for the Auto sector in their hour of need and more positive yak from Obama in this regard the Dems have cinched a win. The greediest market decade was the 90's with Clinton I hope for a repeat with the Obama camp. If the auto sector goes down, all bets are off and we can get our begging bowls out unless you have a government job. Best of Luck in Your Future

It's about time to bounce back from the bottom! It's not because of election!

sell the winners and sell the losers

Go Obama! He rode a blazing saddle..........

Obama will win. So sell or buy based on that. Just wondering, how many republicans are selling based on that? And how many democrats are buying based on that?

I'll take any help I can get at this point. May history be correct.

No bottom in sight yet. Still too much bad credit out there. Just an election bounce. Sell the peaks.

You can't really "peg" any economic results directly to any president. Economic challenges and government policies both take a long time to become evident in the economy. Equating good or bad times to a given president is just not a realistic method of evaluating history.

more useless stats.........Thanks!