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...Surprising analysts with one of the biggest trading volumes of the year, Thursday saw healthy rallies on all three indexes: 122 points for the Dow, 102 for NASDAQ, 15 for the S&P. Friday followed with more good stuff: the Dow ended up 24 and the NASDAQ was ahead by 28. Good days to help cap off a very good month (except for Ford), with the Dow picking up 7 percent in August and NASDAQ gaining 11 percent and finally breaking into positive territory for the year...
Republicans are supposed to be the probusiness party. Yet since 1913 the Dow, excluding dividends, has risen an average of 7.4% annually under Democratic Presidents and only 4.7% under Republican ones, according to Ned Davis Research. Republican Administrations have presided over better gains when you strip out the effects of inflation. But not much better, and by that standard the Clinton years have been bountiful. In his seven full years, the Dow rose an average of 19.5% annually, while inflation averaged 2.5%, giving investors an astounding "real" return of 17% a year. The long-run average, no matter...
Gridlock, in fact, is one candidate investors should vote for. The Dow has fared best when one party has controlled the White House and the other has controlled Congress, the optimum formula being a Democratic President and a Republican-controlled Congress. That combo has produced Dow gains, excluding dividends, of 10.7% a year. The hands-down loser: Republicans with a mandate. When the g.o.p. has run both branches, the Dow has limped at less than 1% a year...
...retire debt (Gore)--amounts to an embarrassment of riches. Either would be good for the market, and that's no accident. Nearly half of all households now own stock, a record count. Both Bush and Gore, like the rest of us, are keeping a watchful eye on the Dow...
...always, there is a case the other way. The cycle of rising interest rates seems about over. The second half of presidential election years tends to be a good time for stocks. And technically speaking, the S&P 500 looks healthier than the Dow. So don't read too much into this chart chatter. But be you bear or bull, get your ducks in order now. We're close to finding out who's boss...