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Commentary: A look at favored sectors is a piece of the puzzleNEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Using each candidate’s focus industries, we can glean clues as to whom the market thinks is going to win While trading sites such as Intrade allow traders to place actual money bets on which candidate will win the presidency for the next four years, public opinion is also manifested in the stock market. There are probably as many ways to analyze what the stock market thinks as there are analysts, but my favorite is looking at each candidate’s favorite initiatives. To be clear, I am...

If you look at the major US coal stocks, btu, cnx, anr and aci, the last 30 days have seen a stock surge of 30%. According to bigcharts.com, coal is the BEST producing stock market industry this last month... Gee, what happened about 30 days ago? Tell Intrade to "shove it".