Archive for May, 2009
100 Days, 100 Projects
Today, following the White House’s 100 days of the stimulus package report, CNBC ran a short segment with several different analysts reacting to the stimulus package and the programs it has put forth so far. We at Election Stocks particularly support the arguments presented by David Min. Many people mistakenly thought that the time to [...]
Posted: May 27th, 2009 under Energy, Infrastructure, Obama, The First Year.
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Barack Obama’s “Enemies List”
Jim Cramer went on a bit of a rant last Thursday in naming a list of stock sectors on what has been dubbed as Obama’s Corporate Enemies List. Tom Brennan claims the sectors Obama apparently promised to take on during the campaign are “credit card companies, the coal industry, the steelmakers, the utilities and the [...]
Posted: May 26th, 2009 under Energy, Environmental Issues, Healthcare, Obama.
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The Usual Blockages
Last week we announced that healthcare stocks are finally showing some strength in light of Obama’s confidence that he can begin to pass healthcare reform bills this year. In light of this confidence, however, David Plouffe is quick to point out that there is ample resistance to these ideas and they are very much in [...]
Posted: May 19th, 2009 under Healthcare, The First Year.
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Time to Get Into Healthcare
CNBC ran numerous segments on Obama picks for healthcare today – and for good reason. The healthcare stocks that have been so week recently are now showing promise. Today’s Fast Money “Halftime Report” had a small segment on good healthcare stocks (at 4:48). Aside from that, there were some good picks listed in a segment [...]
Posted: May 11th, 2009 under Healthcare, Obama, The First Year.
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Cuban Stock Portfolio
Today we posted a new portfolio designed to track stocks that have the potential to benefit from liberalizing relations with Cuba. As of now, these are stocks we have gathered from our previous posts about Cuba. However, we are absolutely open to any suggestions you might have. Feel free to leave any stocks you feel [...]
Posted: May 7th, 2009 under Foreign Policy, Obama, Trade Policy.
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