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1 posted on 07/28/2012 4:08:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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As the markets tanked at the end of '08 in anticipation of an Obama presidency, so they are rallying this year in anticipation of a President Romney.

The crash of '08 had everything to do with Obama and hardly anything to do with Bush.

38 posted on 07/28/2012 5:37:11 PM PDT by what's up
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This is not about the stock market going up. It isn’t going up. That’s a delusion created by the Fed. This whole phony economy the Fed has constructed with cheap money is going to come toppling down. But the reality is we have to kill this phony economy because it’s unsustainable. We need to replace it with a viable one but unfortunately to do that there’s a lot of short-term pain because we’ve got to unwind this bubble, and the Fed doesn’t want that to happen.


40 posted on 07/28/2012 5:52:26 PM PDT by wolfman
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It’s just inflation at work. Why wouldn’t the price of stocks go up just like everything else?


41 posted on 07/28/2012 5:54:16 PM PDT by The Duke
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Returns on bonds are pathetically low, so they put the money into the stock market. For some, if they don’t play the game (i.e. invest) they don’t get to collect fees.


43 posted on 07/28/2012 6:19:57 PM PDT by voicereason (The RNC is the "One-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
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People who already needed the money have sold to get the money have done so. Buyers now are seeking a hedge against inflation in the form of stocks that increase in value if there is inflation or inflate both in valuation and dividends with hyperinflation.


46 posted on 07/28/2012 6:36:53 PM PDT by tbw2
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... Because the US is the “best of the worst” places to invest. EU and BRIC’s are a mess.


47 posted on 07/28/2012 6:43:13 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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Qualitative easing and government loans here and in Europe drive the markets. Just the promise of support will send the market soaring out of a slump.

My opinion is that a lot of investors are doing the only thing they know how to do, and there is little or no economic reason behind it. What made the markets drop for several days, and what made it shoot back up? Greece disappointed the market, and the Fed made promises, like a drug addict and his pusher. ...Don’t look now, but the Ayn Rand disciples in the market morphed into fascist as soon as their corruption caught up to them.


48 posted on 07/28/2012 6:47:48 PM PDT by pallis
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Could this be the real reason why the markets responded with such enthusiasm? I suspect that that might have something to do with it.


50 posted on 07/28/2012 7:27:36 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (The)
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The markets have been decoupled from economic reality since 2008.


53 posted on 07/28/2012 7:51:31 PM PDT by Washi (The secret ingredient in a Chick-Fil-A sandwich is liberal outrage. Delicious.)
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The worse things get, the more likely we are to be rid of Obama in the fall.....


55 posted on 07/28/2012 8:59:27 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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It’s European money trying to get out of the 75% tax bracket.


56 posted on 07/28/2012 9:47:36 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Viva Christo Rey)
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Quick hits


58 posted on 07/29/2012 10:02:25 AM PDT by jersey117
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Every one percentage point drop in Obama’s standing in the polls equals a 5 percent increase of the Dow and 10 percent on Nasdaq. Take it to the bank.


59 posted on 07/29/2012 10:03:43 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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