Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Follow The Money, Wall Street's Been Betting On An Obama Victory For Months




According to BI’s Linette Lopez : In the last few weeks, pundits have been using every method under the sun to predict the Presidential election from hard statistical data (Nate Silver) to counting lawn signs (Peggy Noonan).

Let's, for just a moment, put all that aside and do things the Wall Street way. Sure, most people in the industry are vocal supporters of Mitt Romney, but are they putting their money where their mouths are?

LPL Financial's Jeff Kleintop has been tracking that specific question over the past year. His analysis, called the Wall Street Election Poll, focuses on specific sectors that are likely to move based on the outcome of the Presidential race.
"I originally put it together to see if poll data actually moved with investing," Kleintop told Business Insider. "On any given day you can see idiosyncracies driving these companies... but over time the election has had an impact…."

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