President Hillary Clinton Stock Index

If you use the assumption that major contributors to presidential candidates expect something in return for the businesses they are connected with, then maybe it is worth looking at the wealthiest contributors and the companies they own and/or run as possible investments, assuming the candidate they support wins.

An outstanding article by Forbes covers the major candidates for president and the members of the Forbes 400 that have contributed to their campaigns. I have gone through the list of billionaire contributors to Hillary Clinton for her primary campaign and came up with the President Hillary Clinton Stock Index. All of the following stocks trade either on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ. The list shows the companies, the contributors and their connections.

American International Group ( AIG ) Eli Broad ~ investor
American International Group ( AIG ) Louis Gonda ~ investor
Broadcom ( BRCM ) Henry Samueli ~ Co-founder, Chairman, CTO
Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK-A ) (BRK-B) Warren Buffett ~ chairman & CEO
CBS Corporation ( CBS ) ( CBSA ) Sumner Redstone ~ major shareholder
Chesapeake Energy ( CHK ) Aubrey McClendon ~ CEO, chairman, and co-founder
Charter Communications ( CHTR ) Paul Allen ~ chairman
Cablevision Systems ( CVC ) Charles Dolan ~ chairman
Estee Lauder ( EL ) Leonard Lauder ~ chairman
Expedia, Inc. ( EXPE ) Barry Diller ~ chairman
Home Depot ( HD ) Arthur Blank ~ founder
IAC/InterActiveCorp ( IACI ) Barry Diller ~ chairman & CEO
Loews Corporation ( LTR ) Joan Tisch ~ major shareholder
Microsoft ( MSFT ) Paul Allen ~ founder
Midway Games ( MWY ) Sumner Redstone ~ major shareholder
Qualcomm ( QCOM ) Irwin Jacobs ~ founder, chairman
Sun Microsystems ( JAVA ) Vinod Khosla ~ founder
Stryker Corporation ( SYK ) Pat Stryker ~ major shareholder
Trump Entertainment ( TRMP ) Donald Trump ~ chairman
Time Warner ( TWX ) Alan Gerry ~ investor
Viacom ( VIA ) ( VIAB ) Sumner Redstone ~ major shareholder
Viacom ( VIA ) ( VIAB ) Steven Spielberg ~ DreamWorks principal
Vornado Realty Trust ( VNO ) Steven Roth ~ major shareholder

Author owns CHTR, MSFT, JAVA, TRMP, and TWX.

By Fred Fuld at Stockerblog.com