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9 Variable Annuity Fees You Don’t Know You are Paying
8. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Makes My Life Easy
7. Why Asset Class Diversification is Superior
6. Physicians: Qualified Retirement Plan for Asset Protection
5. Lessons learned from three prospective clients
4. The High Cost of Fee-based Financial Advisors
3. Profit from Harry Dent’s predictions? Think again
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10. Why Asset Class Diversification is Superior
9. Are Financial Advisors Required to Disclose Fees?
8. Lessons learned from three prospective clients
7. How Often Do Market Corrections Happen?
6. Physicians: Qualified Retirement Plan for Asset Protection
5. Variable Annuity Fees You Don’t Know You are Paying
3. Profit from Harry Dent’s predictions? Think again
2. The High Cost of Fee-based Financial Advisors
1. Be Careful When Buying a Condo as a Rental Property
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10. January Barometer Effect: What Will the Stock Market Do for the Rest of 2013?
9. Email Scam Targets Financial Advisor Clients
8. Why Asset Class Diversification is Superior
7. How Often Do Market Corrections Happen?
6. Variable Annuity Fees You Don’t Know You are Paying
4. Profit from Harry Dent’s predictions? Think again
3. The High Cost of Fee-based Financial Advisors
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10. How Often Do Market Corrections Happen?
9. Why Asset Class Diversification is Superior
8. Small Business 401k, Big Plan Fees
6. An Investment Rule for Young People
5. Fiscal Cliff Deal: What does it mean for high income/high net-worth families?
4. Roth Conversion Decision Framework
3. Profit from Harry Dent’s predictions? Think again
2. Be Careful When Buying a Condo as a Rental Property
1. The High Cost of Fee-based Financial Advisors
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10. Variable Annuity Fees You Don’t Know You are Paying
9. Is P/E ratio a useful stock valuation measure?
8. Small Cap Value: Risk and Returns
7. Why Asset Class Diversification is Superior
6. An Investment Rule for Young People
4. The High Cost of Fee-based Financial Advisors
3. Profit from Harry Dent’s predictions? Think again
2. Be Careful When Buying a Condo as a Rental Property
1. The two most common ways investors lose money
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10. Why Asset Class Diversification is Superior
9. Recession and stock market performance
8. The High Cost of Fee-based Financial Advisors
7. Variable Annuity Fees You Don’t Know You are Paying
6. Is P/E ratio a useful stock valuation measure?
5. Small Cap Value: Risk and Returns
3. Be Careful When Buying a Condo as a Rental Property
2. Profit from Harry Dent’s predictions? Think again
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10. Recession and stock market performance
9. Life settlement for (convertible) term life insurance
8. Small Cap Value: Risk and Returns
7. An Investment Rule for Young People
6. Why Asset Class Diversification is Superior
5. Variable Annuity Fees You Don’t Know You are Paying
4. Is P/E ratio a useful stock valuation measure?
3. Profit from Harry Dent’s predictions? Think again
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10. How investors lost money: evidence from mutual fund flows
9. Portfolio rebalancing returns
8. Is P/E ratio a useful stock valuation measure?
7. Why Asset Class Diversification is Superior
6. Small Cap Value: Risk and Returns
5. Variable Annuity Fees You Don’t Know You are Paying
4. Recession and stock market performance
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The Story of the Dow
Posted on: August 3, 2012
My name is Dow. I was born in May 1896 to my father Charles Dow.
In 1900/1/1, I was 66. No, that was not my age, but my level. People care about my level since the higher it goes, the richer they get.
In the first two decades of the 20th century, I wobbled around: 100% up and 50% down was the norm of the decades. Nevertheless, I ended the two decades at 108.
Dow 1900-1920
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After the election of Barak Obama as our next president last night, I did an exercise to find out the historical stock market performance under a Democratic vs. Republican administration since 1900.
My examination showed that the view that a Democratic president is bad for the market is unfounded. In three important measurements: S&P 500 return, dividend growth and earning growth, stocks have done better under a Democrat administration.
However, the notion that a Democrat is bad for inflation does ring truth, as evident by the 4.8% inflation rate under a Democratic White House compared to the 2% under a Republican one.
| S&P 500 return | Dividend growth | Earning growth | Inflation | |
| Democrat | 8.1% | 5.6% | 10.6% | 4.8% |
| Republican | 6% | 5% | 5.7% | 2% |
Data source: Yale University Professor Robert Shiller’s database
My next exercise is to find out how the market performed during periods of Democratic control of both the White House and Congress. Sign up for my newsletter to get this information.
The Investment Scientist 