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Sheaff Brock reviews, Democrat control of Congress, impact on stock market

29 Jan

The Direction of the Market—Debunking Popular Beliefs

It might seem the stuff of a Ripley’s Believe It or Not episode, but, over the past more than 70 years, both the stock market and the economy performed better under Democratic presidents than under Republican leadership. The score for the S&P 500? As Markets Insider chronicles, 10.8% to 5.6% in favor of Democrats. Oh, well, you might counter. The Great Recession and COVID-19, both of which occurred under Republican presidents, skewed the average downward for the Red team. Sorry, [...]

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Sheaff Brock | Dogs of the Dow Strategy - bulldogs in the office

16 Dec

A Bullish Approach to “Dogs of the Dow”—Part One

Nearly thirty years in use, the term “Dogs of the Dow” is hardly new to investor vocabulary. The concept—out of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, choose the ten with the highest dividend yield. Dogs of the Dow is based on investors’ intent to “buy low, sell high.” The premise, as Investopedia explains, is that blue chip companies such as those included in the DJIA rarely alter their dividend payouts. The dividend can thus be [...]

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Tariffs, trade wars, and Impact on Global Issues | Sheaff Brock

23 Sep

Trade Imbalances Won’t Warrant Climbing a Wall of Worry

Everybody appears to be talking about trade wars, says CNBC’s Elizabeth Schultz. But trade wars are nothing new, she reminds viewers as she interviews International Monetary Fund historian and Princeton professor Harold James. After a period beginning with the Smoot Hawley Act in 1930, continuing through the “chicken wars” in the 1960s and trade disputes with Japan in the 1980s, there ensued several trade war-free decades. Now, with President Trump’s announcements of tariffs and a 25% levy on imports [...]

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24 Aug

Midterm Elections and the Market

Concerned about possible effects of the political scene on the stock market, investors are eying the upcoming 2018 midterm elections with some caution. In fact, Sheaff Brock Managing Director Dave Gilreath pointed out in a recent Knowledge Builder presentation, midterm elections have been inflection points for equity markets in the past regardless of which party won or lost! Source: Strategas Research  True, there has always been a correction during a midterm year, but the interesting thing, Gilreath notes, is that the [...]