This post is part of a series in which TheStockAdvisors.com asked financial experts to name their top stock pick if McCain or if Obama wins the election.
Which stocks would benefit from a victory by either Senator John McCain or Senator Barack Obama? To help investors sort through the sectors and stocks best positioned to benefit in a post-election environment, we posed this question to some of the nation's leading financial newsletter advisors.
Importantly, this is not a partisan report; each participating advisor has provided a favorite stock for both candidates, focused not on political preferences but unbiased stock analysis. Below we feature those stocks and ETFs that the advisors believe will be the winners depending on which candidate prevails.
McCain Stocks:
Roger Conrad - Comcast (NYSE: CCW)
Gregg Early - Elbit Systems (NASDAQ: ESLT)
Elliott Gue - Paladin Resources (Toronto: PDN)
Doug Fabian - Market Vectors Nuclear Energy (NYSE: NLR)
Vivian Lewis - Barclays (NYSE: BCS)
Bill Martin - CGG Veritas (NYSE: CGV)'
Yiannis Mostrous - Lonking Holdings (OTC: CIMHF)
Carla Pasternak - Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund (NYSE: EVT)
Nate Pile - SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD)
John Reese - General Dynamics (NYSE: GD)
Nathan Slaughter - USEC (NYSE: USU)
Paul Tracy - Shaw Group (NYSE: SGR)
Kelley Wright - CenturyTel (NYSE: CTL)
Tom Vass - Molex (NASDAQ: MOLX)
Martin Hutchinson - Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK), EOG Resources (NYSE: EOG)
Obama Stocks:
Roger Conrad - SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR)
Gregg Early - AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV)
Elliott Gue - SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR)
Doug Fabian - Industrial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLI)
Vivian Lewis - Cosan (NYSE: CZZ)
Bill Martin - Geron (NASDAQ: GERN)
Yiannis Mostrous - Dr. Reddy's (NYSE: RDY)
Carla Pasternak - Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (NYSE: KMP)
Nate Pile - Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)
John Reese - American Eagle (NYSE: AEO)
Nathan Slaughter - Fluor (NYSE: FLR)
Paul Tracy - Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy (NYSE: GEX)
Kelley Wright - Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH)
Tom Vass - Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR)
Martin Hutchinson - Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX), First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-03-2008 @ 6:56PM
Dixiesam said...
At this point just whom gives a damn!
10-03-2008 @ 7:21PM
Ray Kirby said...
After wall streets responce today this bill should be repealed.
10-04-2008 @ 11:03AM
jeff smith said...
Do they mean which will fall the least?
10-04-2008 @ 12:50PM
P.G.Ross said...
We need to vote all the bums out of office and make them get real jobs so they too can feel the pain. The senate and congress are playing a game of CYA and we are paying for it. As far as the Presidential election goes I hope America does vote for CHANGE I hope they get on the OBOMA "HOPE EXPRESS TRAIN" and get the CHANGE THEY DESERVE. CHUMP CHANGE.
10-04-2008 @ 10:33PM
nightnightshark said...
If this is Democracy, it sucks!
WE MUST HAVE TERM LIMITS for the House and Senate
What happened to the way Washington was designed to be? The bailout is showing us "simpletons" that Washington's democracy just doesn't work anymore.
The SOS "savior of the stupid" bailout bill failed to pass the house of representatives last week, yes I said it failed. Today the house....
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10-05-2008 @ 5:17PM
bub said...
Change is right with nobama
that all you'll have change
Obama is a socialist pure and simple
10-06-2008 @ 3:25PM
w.davis said...
The only way the problem with the stock market will ever be corrected, it must be built on the solid foundation of Jesus Christ. The foundation of man will not stand in perilous times.
10-08-2008 @ 1:13AM
Shelley said...
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10-15-2008 @ 4:52PM
Morris D Lay, JR said...
I believe the stock market can measure the barometric pressure in the economy. However, the real problems is with our federal & state goverment. The govt. is by, for, & of, itsself and only the govt. When do they ever bail out blue collar workers who lose their jobs overnight. As far as I know, the government is one of only a very few corporations, and that is exactly what it is, that can establish its' own salary & pension. Lobbyist's, control congress just as sure as we will have another presidential election. My question is, who in congress, the executive/judicial branches of the government have any foresight? My God, the credit and bank problem could have been seen on the radar along time ago.
10-29-2008 @ 12:57AM
Justin Bode said...
Lets be real. I am a republican and proud of it. I am also 22 years old. It is clear to me that Dumbo is going to win so I am going to take a chance and invest heavy into at least 5 democrat stocks.
11-04-2008 @ 11:46AM
Big "O" said...
Justin Bode said...
Lets be real. I am a republican and proud of it. I am also 22 years old. It is clear to me that Dumbo is going to win so I am going to take a chance and invest heavy into at least 5 democrat stocks.
Justin your dumb statement proves the effectiveness of the Obama Mission; You have learned the benefit of "Change"
and you are destine to make a huge profit from your stock picks... Justin being a republican isn't all bad when you are smart!
Regards