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Learning, Sharing, and Teaching => Investor Alley => Topic started by: NWOutlier on November 05, 2014, 08:27:00 AM
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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-investors-love-midterm-election-120000754.html
this is something I didn't know about; even if we don't hit those double digit growths mentioned in the article and video, it will be a nice bump for my VTSAX (not directly the S&P, but includes it)... Anyone else targeting 10,000 or more shares of VTSAX?
Thoughts? Share them here.
Regards,
Steve (NWOutlier)
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Not a sure bet of course, but it is interesting that the current situation of a Republican congress/Democrat president produces the best results historically during the 6 months after the mid-term elections:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/advisor/2014/10/28/midterm-elections-bode-bullishly-for-u-s-stocks/
Could be a 20% gain in 6 months if the historical trend stands up.
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No reason to deviate from your plan. Do you have one?
These short term events have little bearing on the markets as a whole.
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Also lines up well with the "sell in May and go away" strategy:
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/sell-in-may-and-go-away.asp
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Looks like a classic case of correlation doesn't equal causation.
I give Yahoo props, it's got to be hard to come up with new correlations that might explain a typically random thing such as the US stock market.
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Looks like a classic case of correlation doesn't equal causation.
I give Yahoo props, it's got to be hard to come up with new correlations that might explain a typically random thing such as the US stock market.
This isn't really a new correlation. I've seen this article rehashed so many times during so many election cycles. You actually thought yahoo had original writers?