A Touch of Irony
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElectionStocks/~3/t3ok_qz0938/Posted on Monday, April 20th, 2009 | In Market Commentary, Politics & Your Money
Typically here on Election Stocks, we make decisions on how stocks are likely due to behave based on Barack Obama’s policies in office. What’s interesting about this post is that it has nothing to do with any real policy being proposed by this administration – rather a growing sentiment among many suspicious right wingers.
We are referring of course, to the ammunition shortage that is driving prices up out of fear that the 1994 assault weapons ban could be reinstated. This administration has previously stated that there are no imminent plans to do so, yet owners of gun stores and private collections alike are spreading the fear to try and increase the value of their product.
A list of prominent small arms and ammunition manufacturers can be found here.
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 About Jeffrey Miller (http://www.oldprof.typepad.com)
Jeffrey A. Miller, Ph.D. is a former college professor with a hands-on, real world attitude. His quantitative modeling helped inform state and local officials in Wisconsin for more than a decade. A Public Policy analyst, he taught advanced research methods at the University of Wisconsin, and analyzed many issues related to state tax policy. In 1987 Jeff began work for market makers at the Chicago Board Options Exchange. His approach included finding anomalies in the standard option pricing models and developing new forecasting techniques. Merging these quantitative techniques with specific company analysis, Jeff also generated trading ideas from sell-side analyst reports. Through his years of experience in trading options, futures and equities, Jeff has come to be regarded as an expert in interpreting the effect of news on the markets and individual stocks. Jeff has served as a forensic expert in several cases involving such issues. He has also written a series of papers on investment management, describing both quantitative methods and those related to behavioral economics. |
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