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| Several measures point to Republican administrations being most favorable to UST stockholders. Two theories compete as to the influence of the President's political party on stock prices. One camp holds that the market reacts very to the choice of president, possibly even before election day when the outcome is forseen. Others believe the new president does not begin to materially influence the market until he has been in office for some time. |
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| Monthly Appreciation is calculated as the percentage change between the mean price of each month compared to the preceding month. Price Periods are assigned to Political Parties three different ways for this calculation. Republicans are favored by all measures for UST owners. |
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| You may have seen charts that profile seasonal trends. This is similar, but it is based on the political calendar. The short (Congressional) cycle is 24 months long. UST is not a typical company in the 2 year election cycle. One rarely sees profiles like this. More typically, lows occur during the fall months of election year, with the highs in the offyear. |
Political Financials with the Influence of Congressional Elections on UST. Also, roadmap and Summary of most effective indicators: |
| Wednesday, March 17, 2010: We have news on General Electric, ticker symbol GE. Signs of an over-bought condition have become noticable. Also, there are breaking events concerning Intel and Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.. From the News Archive: (3/12/2010 ) A favorable event happened at Zimmer Holdings, Inc.. Meanwhile, bad news came from Convergys Corporation, ConAgra Foods, Inc., and Automatic Data Processing. |