Last night’s procedural motion to close formal debate turned out to be a far bigger problem than Democrats expected. Not only did the motion fail – it failed with Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) giving Republicans the winning vote. Politically speaking, this is very bad for Dems because now the media will focus on Mr. Nelson’s [...]

Following up on our theme from yesterday’s post, it is growing more and more apparent that Goldman Sachs will benefit from this bill – along with the rest of the financial sector.
An article in the Washington Examiner today puts it rather bluntly: “Whenever politicians open up a legislative or regulatory debate, the side with the [...]

The knee-jerk Wall St. response to any sort of regulation from Washington is that it is bad news. As with with healthcare reform, closer political analysis indicates that Dodd’s reform bill may actually aid the financial sector.
As Tom Bevan of Real Clear Politics notes:
In fact, Dodd’s bill appears to be riddled with “carve-outs” – provisions [...]

As the newly passed healthcare bill incrementally becomes policy, we will see different sectors of the market impacted at different times. This is becoming apparent already, with the realization that Medicare Advantage plans are going to face “significant cuts” as soon as 2012.
It’s no news that we at Election Stocks have had a good [...]

Here at Election Stocks, we not only work to form our own analysis but also pay attention to what other experts have to say about the link between public policy and the stock market. We get consistently excited by work from James Altucher or Dan Clifton, but we do not feel quite as enthusiastic about [...]