Saturday, October 21, 2006
STOCK TIPS GALORE
Frater Chad passes on suicidal thoughts on the likely outcome of the upcoming elections. I'm, shall we say, less distraught. We'll find out soon enough, and I'm intrigued by the window that will open into the psyche of the American people.
Our local paper recently published a "quiz" adapted from Applebee's America, a book by two former presidential political strategists, that accurately predicted both the Monk and my political leanings from questions about our consumer preferences.
But the data underpinning the book can run both ways so it seems equally interesting to me to try to figure out where America's consumer tastes are headed by reading the election tea leaves. Hey Chad! head off the blues of a donkey win with these savvy stock moves:
Our local paper recently published a "quiz" adapted from Applebee's America, a book by two former presidential political strategists, that accurately predicted both the Monk and my political leanings from questions about our consumer preferences.
But the data underpinning the book can run both ways so it seems equally interesting to me to try to figure out where America's consumer tastes are headed by reading the election tea leaves. Hey Chad! head off the blues of a donkey win with these savvy stock moves:
- Buy Coca-Cola Company (maker of Sprite); short Cadbury Schweppes (Dr. Pepper)
- Buy TV Guide. (Unfortunately, you can't short U.S. News & World Report as it is privately held).
- Buy Whole Foods; short Wal-mart (no surprise there).
- Buy General Motors (owns Saab); short Volkswagen (owns Audi).
