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Post by jeffolie on Dec 30, 2015 5:07:29 GMT -6
www.chartoftheday.com/20151230.gifChart of the Day With the 2016 presidential campaign now in full swing, today's chart illustrates how the stock market has performed during the average election year. Since 1900, the first five months of the election year have tended to be choppy. That choppiness was then followed with a rally right up to the November election. One theory to support this election year stock market behavior is that the first five months of choppiness is due in part to the uncertainty of the outcome of the presidential election (the market abhors uncertainty) with the market beginning to rally as the outcome of the election becomes increasingly evident. www.chartoftheday.com/20151230.htm?H
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Post by jeffolie on Dec 30, 2015 5:25:02 GMT -6
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Post by jeffolie on Dec 30, 2015 6:16:30 GMT -6
Global economic growth will be "disappointing and uneven" next year, the head of the International Monetary Fund said in a guest article for German newspaper Handelsblatt. "In many countries the financial sector still has weaknesses and in emerging markets the financial risks are increasing," IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde declared. She added that low productivity, aging populations, a decline in raw materials, and the effects of financial crises were putting the brakes on a global expansion. seekingalpha.com/news/3007176-lagarde-global-growth-will-be-disappointing-in-2016?ifp=0
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