Study: politics impacts stock prices

I'm pretty shocked as well.

Companies with a board member who has ties to a winning political party enjoy a significant bounce in their share price following an election, according to a study released on Monday.

Share prices also rise after an appointment to the board of a politically connected person, according to the study by the Berlin-based European School of Management and Technology.

Funny, cuz i had heard Halliburton did very poorly after Dick Cheney became VP. [/snark]