The General Election (NYSE:GE)

Investors will pull out their voting machines tomorrow when General Electric reports its third quarter earnings. General Electric is a diversified technology, media and financial services company which operates in more than 100 countries. GE is seen as a bellweather stock as its performance is seen to correlate to that of the U.S. economy. In 2009 GE profit plunged during the financial crisis, but the companies earnings have rebounded of late. In the last quarter GE recorded a profit of $3.2 billion.

Investors are going to vote tomorrow on what GE numbers mean for the company and then they will vote on what GE's numbers mean for the economy in general.