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

Notes

¹ Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1918).

² Joe Scarborough, Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day: The Real Deal on How Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Other Washington Barbarians Are Bankrupting America (New York: HarperCollins, 2005).

³ Conservative Byte, “1 in 5 Americans Are Dependent on Government,” February 3, 2012, http://conservativebyte.com/2012/02/1-in-5-americans-are-dependent-on-government/

⁴ www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/quickfacts/stat_snapshot/

⁵ www.usgovernmentrevenue.com/yearrev2011_0.html

⁶ www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/ir/ir_expense.htm

⁷ www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/rates/pd/avg/2011/2011_01.htm

⁸ Jim Fink, “Federal Reserve Extends Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) to 2014,” February 3, 2012, www.investingdaily.com/14714/federal-reserve-extends-zero-interest-rate-policy-zirp-to-2014

⁹ Courtney Comstock, “Jamie Dimon Stunningly Confronts Ben Bernanke, Suggests Excessive Financial Regulations Are Slowing the Recovery,” June 7, 2007, http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011–06–07/wall_street/30061911_1_job-growth-big-bank-lending

¹⁰ www.cbsnews.com/8301–503544_162–20029731–503544.html

¹¹ www.inventionstatistics.com/Number_of_New_Patents_Issued.htmlcom/Number_of_New_Patents_Issued.html

¹² http://dcipattorney.com/2010/12/the-us173–4b-global-intellectual-property-marketplace/

¹³ David Leonhardt, “Coming Soon: ‘Taxmaggedon,’” New York Times, April 3, 2012, www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/sunday-review/coming-soon-taxmageddon.html?_r=3&ref=opinion&pagewanted=all ...