Tag Archives: President Obama

Cliff Diving – Day 8

Posted on November 21, 2012 by

Watching paint dry!  Boring market. Equities moved a little higher on the back of the Israeli/Hamas cease-fire announcement.  It’s easy to get ground up trying to trade such a directionless market.   No volume, but, still, the market is holding its … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiscal Cliff Monitor | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Negotiating the Fiscal Cliff w/ Infographics

Posted on November 21, 2012 by

On Monday we noted the cheeky tweet sent out by House speaker,  John Boehner, asking where were the President’s spending cuts.   We just received this through a robo e-mail from Obama for America. We’re starting sense the Kumbaya good feelings … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiscal Cliff Monitor, Fiscal Policy | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Cliff Diving – Day 6

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

No politician, no cry. The President is out of country and Congress is not in session.   Though Speaker Boehner tweeted a cheeky remark about where’s the President’s spending cuts,  all was quiet at the edge of the fiscal cliff. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiscal Cliff Monitor | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Cliff Diving – Day 3

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

Now it gets  interesting. Fiscal Cliff Monitor (FCM) Stocks down 1-2 percent with the Russell down 50 bps more than the S&P5oo;  defense down 2.38%;  VIX up 6 1/2%;  dollar and bond flat, which is interesting on the back of … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiscal Cliff Monitor, Politics | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Job Creation During the Obama Administration

Posted on November 4, 2012 by

We’ve analyzed total job creation during the Obama administration and present the results here in a format similar to the monthly payrolls report.    We’ve also broken down the government sector into federal, state, and local, further breaking out the … Continue reading →

Posted in Employment | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Picture of the Day: ‘Cause Baby, You’re a Firework

Posted on November 3, 2012 by

Thank goodness it will be over Tuesday night.  Or will it? (click here if photo and video are not observable)

Posted in Politics, Video | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

August Presidential Polls vs. Final Vote Count

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

It’s August and time to start thinking about the Presidential election though nothing really matters until after Labor Day,  in our opinion,  especially in a race that is so tight.   The latest Gallup tracking poll of registered voters has the … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Sniffing The Romney Rally?

Posted on June 13, 2012 by

It’s very difficult for us to explain, on the fundamental basis,  why the market has been so bid over the past few days after Monday’s ugly reversal. Could this be it? The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows Mitt … Continue reading →

Posted in Equities, Politics | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Romney’s Odds Ramp on Deteriorating Employment Data

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

Check out the trading at Intrade right around the employment data released this morning.  The odds of Romney winning the November election ramped about 3 percentage points right after the jobs number was released. Rahm Emmanuel in an interview with … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Moving Day?

Posted on June 11, 2011 by

We want to clarify and answer some of the questions that have come in about the phrase “Moving Day for the Administration” in our prior post.   We surely did not mean the administration will or should be moving from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Fiscal Policy, Politics | Tagged , , | Leave a comment