President Obama

There's no denying the fact that the Obama Administration has been less than hospitable to U.S.-based integrated and independent oil producers. Whether it has been losing bets on solar energy firms, the ill-fated moratorium on deepwater drilling following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010 or...

A lot can happen between now and November, but let's be honest: It doesn't take fancy models or indicators to figure out what the result of the presidential election would be if held today. President Obama would win going away and it really doesn't matter who the GOP nominates. Economic data,...

Cycles can be virtuous. Politics, not so much, but there is no getting around the power of the presidential cycle when it comes to investing. At its core, the presidential cycle tells us that the stocks perform better in years three and four of a presidential because the party in power is looking...

The payroll tax cut debate is heating up in the U.S. Congress right before the holidays, as the politicians are trying to find a mutual ground. President Obama and the democrats have been defending the pay roll tax cuts, whereas the republican politicians have been reluctant to extend them. The...

Confirming that Colonel Gaddafi is indeed dead, the President said that today “belongs to the people of Libya”, and that the “American people with the Libyan people the very best going forward”. “Gaddafi and his forces went from city brutalizing his people and the world refused to watch in silence...

J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM), the New York-based investment bank, reported third quarter earnings of $1.02 per share on $24.37 billion in revenues. That is better than what Wall Street had been expecting. Wall Street expected earnings of 96 cents per share on $23.73 billion in revenues. J.P. Morgan...

The September Nonfarm Payroll report was released earlier this morning and while it was better than expected, the closer you get to it, the uglier it gets: much like a Monet. The report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that 103,000 jobs were created during the month, significantly higher...

President Obama just spoke about his American Jobs Act and he laid out the case for the bill to be passed immediately. Obama said that America needs help now, particularly if the situation in Europe gets worse. Obama said that the jobs bill would help guard against any further downturn in Europe...

Speaking on CNBC on Thursday morning, President Barack Obama pushed the new jobs bill prior to a senate vote by saying that it is the jolt that the economy needs. “This is not a game,” said the President. “This jobs bill will have a significant effect for the economy and middle class families....

The Occupy Wall Street movement, which is spreading across the U.S., has the potential to be a watershed moment. Unfortunately, it also has the potential to devolve into something that is terribly partisan and plays right into the hands of the status quo Establishment which is defined by the fake...