The “Wall Street” Election Poll Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights The biggest event for investors over the next six months is likely to be the November elections in the United States. The outcome of the elections will define the political context and leadership for the policies that address the looming fiscal [...]
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Stocks’ Sweet Sixteen Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights It has been a sweet sixteen weeks for the S&P 500. The broad stock market index has had only three down weeks out of the past sixteen, tying a record unbroken for over 20 years. As the NCAA basketball tournament gets down to [...]
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The Great American Race Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights Today at “The Great American Race,” NASCAR’s Daytona 500, a contestant in another great American race, Rick Santorum, will have his logo on the hood of the number 26 car. Following the “crash” of 2008, the Federal Reserve (Fed) has the yellow [...]
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The Budget Bombshell Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights In one week, President Obama is due to submit his budget. The 2013 budget is already going to have the biggest impact since the end of WWII, even if no action is taken in Washington. The fiscal headwind under current policy totals over [...]
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January May Seem “Super,” but Don’t Be Bowled Over Jeffrey Kleintop, CFA Chief Market Strategist LPL Financial Highlights The upcoming Super Bowl will test the stock market’s historical correlations with the calendar and events that proved rewarding to investors in 2011. Investors’ New Year’s resolution may have been to buy stocks after five years of [...]
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