Were taking a look at how the president ial cycle affects the stock market. Is this something you closely follow scott . Not as a trader on a dayto day basis but if you look historically dating back probably 7080 years, this actually does make sense. There is absolutely a pattern to how the market works during the cycle. You look at it and the year before the election and the third year into the president ial cycle have historically been the two best years of the cycle to be in the market. Not only on the upside but also those are the years with the least amount of decline. That makes sense. You havethe year before the president takes office, its election time and everyone is positioningboth democrats and republicanswhat theyre gonna do for the economy, what theyre gonna do for taxes. Its more of a feel good issue. Once they get into Office Things seem to calm down a bit. In fact, the first and second years after the president being in office are historically two of the least advantage
Points, while the s p gained 1. Facebook joins the big leagues of the s p after the close today. Shares trade at 55 dollars that up 100 for the past year. The fiscal crisis threat is not over. Secretary jack lew is Warning Congress not to dillydally. He says the debt ceiling needs to be raised by early march. And, a wing and a prayer. The wall street journal reports mcdonalds is hoping for a mighty miracle after getting stuck with 10 Million Pounds of wings frozen in storage. The chain overestimated demand. Scott bauer of trading advantage joins us on this friday morning. Good to have you as always on our show. Thank you. I was watching the volatility index yesterday and it was sinking at one point. Is that a telltale sign . This was crazy angie and we had talked about this a couple days ago. We saw the vix trade almost 16 1 2 right before the taper announcement on wednesday. Then yesterday we saw this thing trade down all the way under 13. It traded 1290 and it closed up a little bit
Impact on Education is honoring 61 Boulder Valley School District educators at 5 p.m. today at an awards ceremony at the Boulder Jewish Community Center, 6007 Oreg Ave.
Impact on Education is honoring 61 Boulder Valley School District educators at 5 p.m. today at an awards ceremony at the Boulder Jewish Community Center, 6007 Oreg Ave.
Impact on Education is honoring 61 Boulder Valley School District educators at 5 p.m. today at an awards ceremony at the Boulder Jewish Community Center, 6007 Oreg Ave.