posted 02-14-2018 08:07 PM                  

So, lets give another example from Professional Market Analyst... FORBES.

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"When Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009, the U.S. stock market was in free fall. The financial crisis was in full swing following the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, a popular measure of the U.S. stock market, closed at 805 points on Inauguration Day.

Eight years later, the S&P 500 index has risen to 2,274 points after one of the great bull runs in stock market history. With Obama as president, the U.S. stock market, as measured by the S&P 500, returned 235%, or 16.4% annualized.

The Obama stock market trounced the stock market of his presidential predecessor, George W. Bush, which fell -30.6% from January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2009. Bill Clinton’s stock market, however, beat the Obama stock market, returning 264%, or 17.5% annualized.

The top-performing sector of the Obama stock market was the consumer discretionary sector, which returned 338%, or 20% annualized, according to FactSet Research Systems.

Both Silicon Valley and Wall Street did well under Obama. Information technology was the second-best performing sector of the U.S. stock market during the Obama presidency, returning 285%.

And while bankers complained about being political targets and dealt with new regulations limiting their risk-taking activities, Wall Street recovered in the years after banks received bailouts. Financial stocks were the third-best performing sector in the U.S. stock market during the Obama years, rising 261%.

Still, of the main stock index’s 469 stocks that were trading when Obama took office and remain listed today, only 12 of them ended the Obama terms in negative total return territory. Some of those stocks, like Goldman Sachs, got an extra boost after Donald Trump was elected and the stock market staged a Trump rally.

But, in the history books, those gains will be attributed to the Obama stock market".

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"Figures don’t lie, but liars figure"

"A fool and his money are soon parted"

Market is moving back up.... a good thing. Probably going to be turbulent the next few weeks. Fasten your seatbelts it's going to be bumpy.

Disclaimer:
"Past performance is no guarantee of future results"
"Your mileage may vary".

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posted 02-15-2018 04:48 PM                  

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Originally posted by Tomcal:

Tell them, their wrong and your right. Let me know what they reply back to you. LOL

Cstall seems to have issues with Professional Market Analysts.

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Tomcal - you seem like an intellectual kinda guy - most liberals are. So you won't have any trouble confirming the numbers I posted for yourself.

When you first made your claim of "259% during the Obama years", I thought you had actually calculated that number yourself. I didn't realize you were just blindly parroting someone else's work without checking it. Now I know better...

BTW - that snip you copy/pasted a few days ago was from Forbe's, not Baron's. Since that story posted on Oct 30, 2017, the Dow would climb another 3300 points before pulling back in late Jan. So your comment that the 2000 point plunge "pushes (Trump's) numbers much lower" is wrong. It would actually be higher.

Ctrl C, Ctrl V!

posted 02-17-2018 04:50 PM                  

I can only assume you invested your money and had financial returns based on YOUR calculations. Meanwhile, the smart money made 235% plus gains. Sad.

Thank-you for your Intelligence compliment. I also feel you're an Intelligent person, however misguided.

BTW... I'm a registered "INDEPENDENT".

God Bless America and the Stock Market.
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posted 02-27-2018 11:26 AM                  

By
Shelly Hagan

U.S. consumer confidence jumped to a 17-year high as optimism about employment prospects grew and Americans began seeing additional money in their paychecks from recently enacted tax cuts, data from the New York-based Conference Board showed Tuesday.

Highlights of Consumer Confidence (February)

•Confidence index rose to 130.8 (est. 126.5), highest since Nov. 2000, from downwardly revised 124.3 in January
•Present conditions measure climbed to 162.4, highest since 2001, from 154.7
•Consumer expectations gauge increased to three-month high of 109.7 from 104

More here
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-27/u-s-consumer- confidence-at-17-year-high-as-tax-cuts-take-hold

posted 03-03-2018 02:05 PM                  

The Dow's sputtering, once again. On Tuesday, Feb. 27, the Dow shed about 300 points. On Wednesday, Feb. 28, investors kissed another 380 points goodbye. Then on Thursday, March 1, it gave back another 420 points -- albeit it was down almost 600 points intraday. Altogether, the Dow has plunged 1,100 points over a span of three days.

How's your 401K
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posted 03-03-2018 08:49 PM                  

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Originally posted by Tomcal:

Thank-you for posting. Gorgeous picture. A TRUE PRESIDENT.

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Now that is some funny Chit Tom.

posted 03-03-2018 09:22 PM                  

Much better than the last full day of the Messiah's presidency > DOW > Jan 19th, 2017 = 19,805 compared to

the latest close, Mar 2nd, 2018 = 24,538 ,,,

UP 4733!

posted 03-06-2018 06:44 PM                  

8yrs Obama up 235 plus percent.
Last year up 21.7%

How did you do better last year than the previous 8yrs combined, as you stated???

This year, S&P 500 up 2%. Dow up .7%

posted 03-06-2018 07:25 PM                  

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Originally posted by Tomcal:

How did you do better last year than the previous 8yrs combined, as you stated???

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I need to send u my CFP'S phone #...I'm sure Larry would agree to also....Mine is grinning ear to ear ...as well as me...I have bought 2 more prowlers since Mr T took office..oh boy....

posted 03-06-2018 07:57 PM                  

...2007, DOW over 14k
...election day 2008, DOW 9,600
...innauguration day 2009, DOW 7,900
...6 weeks later, March 2009, DOW 6,600
...2013, 4 years later, DOW finally recovers and hits 14k once again
...2016, DOW hits 18k....4k actual gain in 8 years
...2017, DOW hits 25-26K...6-8k gain in one year

posted 03-07-2018 01:28 PM                  

"CFP".... Certified Financial Planner. The guys who make money on selling you investments with high commission market ups.

Sorry, don't need or want his phone number.

"A Fool and His Money are Soon Parted."