Weekly Stock Market Update: Sideways

This week continues in the sideways action we've seen for the last couple of months. Most likely this will continue through the election.  Tom McClellan who publishes the McClellan Report has a nice article about the impact elections have on the market. Regardless of which candidate wins, we will most likely have some turbulence because we will not have an incumbent for president. You can read the article here.

The Stock Trader's Almanac written by Yale Hirsch's son also has an article 8th Year Cycle in Play.

Option's Alpha has a cool infographic showing that in general the market goes up after an election, however on the year where a new president must be elected (as we have this year) it tends to have negative returns.

 
Source Option's Alpha Blog Post - click here.