Trade the Congressional Effect: How To Profit from Congress's Impact on the Stock Market

Acknowledgments

I want to thank everyone who encouraged me and helped make this book a reality. To my son Brett for his day-to-day help, thank you. To my daughter Jamie for her encouragement, thank you as well. Carol Mann heard about this book for years and represented me well when the time came. But for Amity Shlaes's encouragement and suggestions, I probably would not have started. Robert Asahina helped me to frame the project and take the critical first steps. To Joe Steinberg, thank you for being a true friend. That goes for you, too, Robert Harow. Many friends and colleagues read it and/or generously shared their thoughts or help on the project, including Charles Pradilla, Brett Joshpe, Chris Anci, David Berkowitz, Adam Steinberg, Clyde White, Ira Stoll, Tresa Veitia, Diego Veitia, Ted Weisberg, Jon Frank, Morgan Frank, Matt Pilkington, Dana Rubin, Walter Molofsky, Shane Burn, John Regan, Brian Saroken, Jeff Skinner, Matt Chambers, Dave Ganley, Eric Frenchman, Bob Cresci, Sam Solomon, Dan Ripp, Andrew Gundlach, Paul Zaykowski, Joe Ancona, Elisabeth Richter, Walter Robertson, Joe Plummer, Sterling Terrell, Matt Pilkington, and Wes Mann. I'd also like to thank my interns for their help on this project. I hope they choose America over Singapore. No acknowledgment would be complete without thanking my father and mother, who gave me a great education. Finally, I would like to thank Pamela van Giessen, Evan Burton, and Emilie Herman for believing in this book, and giving me the ...