A major problem with the Republican view that healthcare can be provided through the dropping of current plans to shop for new ones is that most insurance providers try not to offer coverage to those with pre-existing conditions. He claims that by working closer with individual states with a “Guaranteed Access Plan” people with pre-existing [...]

Well before we get started, a major tip of the hat is in order to UBS for their great reports, Obamanomics and McCainomics. These reports are both great and in depth, we will barely scratch the surface of them so we would strongly recommend that you find a copy of them yourselves. Now with that [...]

Recently Senator McCain has gone in depth on some foreign policy issues and analysts bored with the horse race between Hillary and Obama are beginning to give some of his positions a lot of scrutiny. It seems as good a time as ever to update our old records of McCain’s relations to the market’s defense [...]

OK, you’ve won the White House. David Shribman of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette got a chance to talk with both Dem candidates, and one of the things he asked was which portraits each would choose to redecorate. Both took Abe (Obama noted that he was from IL and didn’t have much experience) Clinton also took Washington, [...]

Despite her campaign fighting tooth and nail to stay alive, and her advisers saying “a win is a win”, could it be that the she-Clinton has already lost? Although most pundits view the money race as only secondary to the actually primaries, there’s no doubt that funds play a large role. Maybe it’s just that [...]

A couple of days ago, McCain released his 1040′s for ’06 and ’07. He made less than $400,000/yr. Now, he and Cindy file “married filing separately.” She has money ( an heiress). Not our biz. McCain also collects about $20,000 in Social Security income. Look at the actual returns if you want to see the [...]

It becomes difficult to take a position on any given event when news outlets give completely opposing viewpoints. Honestly, when The New Yorker attacks a debate that had supposedly no substance and the Wall Street Journal claims it had just as much substance as any other debate this year – but mostly in the second [...]

How can there be a debate controversy? There have been so many debates in this election that the process seems pretty routine, albeit with a few variations. During Wednesday’s debate we were struck by the apparent change in focus of the questions. The issues had been thoroughly discussed in the past, so the emphasis had [...]

In case you’ve grown tired (as many have) of the Obama-Clinton debate analysis, I’d like to bring up one of the only issues that was thoroughly discussed last night. The Capital Gains Tax is considered frivolous by many engaged in the market. Therefore, increasing the Capital Gains Tax is not a very market friendly move. [...]

Bruce Springsteen declared his support for Obama, today. It’s a little too late for the NJ primary, but his timing could be just right. Here’s why (italics are ours). In his press release, Springsteen says: …critics have tried to diminish Senator Obama through the exaggeration of certain of his comments and relationships. While these matters [...]