Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn) recently introduced financial reform bill on the Senate Banking Committee garnered very little support. There appears to be broad criticism on both sides of the aisle. Every Republican on the committee expressed disapproval, and President Obama said it was “a strong foundation” but vowed to work with Dodd to strengthen the [...]

Given the recent public outrage over the enormous bonuses for Wall Street Bankers, it is likely that a financial reform bill will passed in the Senate. Check out this CNBC video regarding the implementation of the Volcker rule.

The big stocks at risk here are Goldman Sachs (GS), Bank of America Corporation (BAC), and Morgan Stanley [...]

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 [...]

Salon.com is a website we typically applaud for having such well written articles, and their latest piece on the administration’s economic policies is another example.
We’ve hit upon “Obamanomics” before at Election Stocks, so this is right up our alley. Believe us when we tell you it’s analysis like this that is quintessential to understanding [...]

You don’t need us to tell you the relationship between Barack Obama and the stock market has been strained since his inauguration – heck, since his election. But we feel it necessary to reiterate a point brought up by our writer Jeff Miller: “

After months and months of waiting, McCain has finally released a detailed economic plan. Unfortunately, it’s about as disappointing as Spiderman 3. The AngryBear’s post on this topic was really just a recommendation for the EconomistMom’s post. In fact, EconomistMom does such a good job explaining the topic, that we were hard pressed to find [...]

When in the primaries, delegates always seem more radical than they actually are in order to appeal to the party base and win the nomination. As Obama shifts towards his fall strategies for combatting Senator John McCain, we notice that his stances on certain issues are beginning to mellow out to appeal to the more [...]

There seems to be a general agreement among Democratic politicians that no matter what solution we come up with to issues in the economy, Wall Street will be heavily regulated for some time. The approach is to do as much as possible to prevent an enormous crash, because even doing too much is better than [...]

All of us CNBC watchers were lucky enough to see clips from an in depth interview with Barack Obama on his detailed economic plan. The entire interview can be found here (part 1) and here (part 2), but here are some key notes from the speech.
His plan for restoring the economy:
- Modernize financial regulatory system
- [...]

Prior to the suspension of his campaign, the businessman Mitt Romney was our favorite candidate in terms of economic issues. Lately, with McCain clinching the Republican nomination, articles on our site have generally agreed that he would have a stabilizing factor for the stock market.
But today a news article from The Weekly Standard brings [...]