Dave Sather's Money Matters: Which candidate is better for the
stock market?  For the last several months we have been
inundated with comments from the left and the right that when
their candidate wins the presidential election the stock market
will do better.  The conventional wisdom is that Republicans are
viewed as pro-business, which should therefore be a boost to the
stock market.  Whereas, statistically the stock markets actually
do a bit better if there is a Democrat in the White House, if
you measure from the first day they take office to the last.
However, before jumping to any conclusions, maybe it is healthy
to consider the Super Bowl Indicator.  This indicator suggests
that if the Super Bowl is won by an old AFL team that the stock
market will have a bad year. Conversely, if the Super Bowl is
won by an old NFL team the stock market will have a good year.
Amazingly, the Super Bowl Indicator has about an 80 percent
accuracy rate. Despite this, most people are smart enough to
know that high correla