Comments on: Why does the stock market historically perform better during Democratic administrations?

By: best answer

best answer — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:00:59 +0000

Because they always have their hand in your pocket.
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By: ♥ TheFLKeysGal ♥

♥ TheFLKeysGal ♥ — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:53:59 +0000

It's been down 99% of the time since Obama got elected, idiot.
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By: accounting_girl

accounting_girl — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:19:59 +0000

The stock market was doing marvelously for te past few years. Up until your demoratic buddies decided to let loose on fannie and freddie. Your darlings, your party pushed for those loans.

I wouldnt be surprised if we find out that they let them fail so the country would be ready for change. They want more govt involvement, they have it. Buying banks, housing, now the car industry.

That site locked me up. Didnt even see it.
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By: To the Troops

To the Troops — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:01:59 +0000

Most Democrats are against war, and want the government to intervene with economics. When we are not in times of war, money from the economy is not going towards weapons. Therefore, the economy is more active, and the stock market rises. As well as Democrats would prefer to have the government to intervene when we are in times like these, giving tax money away, this is what causes our taxes to rise during their presidency (i.e. Jimmy Carter).
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By: John

John — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:55:59 +0000

Ironically, the stock market has performed better for John Kennedy and Bill Clinton than it did for other Republican Presidents.

Interestingly though, the policies of Bill Clinton and John Kenedy were very pro-market, less government policies such as free trade, lower taxes and smaller government. Compare this to Richard Nixon (price controls, high regulation) and George HW Bush (tax increases) and you see that althought Clinton and Kennedy were Democrats, their policies were actually more conservative than Nixon and the elder Bush.

The current Bush has spent wildly and driven up the national debt to absurd levels which combined with too much government intervention (Community Reinvestment Act, Sarbanes-Oxley, etc.) have stifled the economy.
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By: Kiss My Rep A&&!

Kiss My Rep A&&! — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:27:59 +0000

Maybe because dems dont regulate. The big-wigs get to cheat more cuz the libs arent looking at what theyre doing?
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By: dpj5

dpj5 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:54:59 +0000

It's usually the Republicans that have the majority in the Senate during those times. That's were the real laws and regulations get passed.
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By: punkydoodle218

punkydoodle218 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:36:59 +0000

You got me thinking so I googled this question, according to everything I looked at ( 6 different sites) it looks like the market does better when a Dem is in office.
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By: crazy_crats

crazy_crats — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:08:59 +0000

Lack of regulation and oversight. Under the Clinton administration, there was virtually no investigation of stock scams as we saw from Bill's buddy Kenneth Lay.
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By: Smudge (aka smelly spot)

Smudge (aka smelly spot) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:29:59 +0000

I never understood that either.
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