Archive for January, 2010
Cramer’s Outrage of the Day
As we expected, Cramer did make a few solid stock picks in relation to the Obama Administration. In case you’re curious, these were closer to the beginning of his show. But as for his “Outrage of the Day,” complaining about the president taking the wise advice of Paul Volcker regarding the roles of commercial and [...]
Posted: January 26th, 2010 under Economy, Finance Reform, Monetary Policy, Obama, Tax Policy, The Fed.
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Tonight’s Mad Money Focuses on President
Jim Cramer’s Mad Money, beginning at 5:00 pm Central Standard Time and airing multiple times on CNBC over the course of this evening, will be focusing on the relationship between the stock market and the Obama Administration. We have noted in the past that Cramer’s political analysis is often subject, so we expect to have [...]
Posted: January 25th, 2010 under Economy, Obama, The Fed.
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What Will Dems Do Now?
After Scott Brown’s win in the Massachusetts special election yesterday, Democrats are scrambling to save the future of healthcare reform. The situation is bleak, but they still have a couple options.
Here is the best one so far: House Democrats would accept the Senate version of the bill, then make a list of things to change [...]
Posted: January 20th, 2010 under Healthcare, Obama, The First Year.
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MA. Special Election & Healthcare
Today is voting day in Massachusetts, where a special election is being held for the Senate seat once held by the late Ted Kennedy. The Republican candidate Scott Brown has all the momentum, despite an impassioned appeal Obama made to Democrats in the state this weekend. The most recent polls show Coakley falling from a [...]
Posted: January 19th, 2010 under Healthcare, The First Year.
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Stocks Rise on Healthcare Compromise
One of the final hurdles in the healthcare reform process has reportedly been overcome. The Obama Administration, after long negotiations, have reached a compromise with prominent union leaders. The deal: union and state workers would be exempt from any tax on Cadillac health plans until 2018.
Healthcare HMO stocks rallied on this news, as it is [...]
Posted: January 14th, 2010 under Healthcare.
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Congress Plays Ping-Pong
Leading Democrats met on Tuesday night and agreed that they would not go through the formal reconciliation process. According to The Hill:
The decision was made to scrap a conference committee out of concern that Republicans in both the House and the Senate would employ a series of procedural delaying tactics, only serving to delay the [...]
Posted: January 7th, 2010 under Healthcare, Obama, The First Year.
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