The anticipation building up to elections often brings with it questions about how financial markets will respond. It’s hard not to pay attention to the barrage of headlines and wonder how the outcome in November will impact the economy and your portfolio. The good news is that when we take a look at history, the results underscore that the election is only one of many inputs to the market and there is no discernible pattern of how the market will react whether a Republican or Democrat wins the election in November..
They say a picture can tell a thousand words, so leading up to the election, we are going to discuss the impact (or lack thereof) of Presidential elections on markets in a 6-part series through clear, concise, data visuals.
Consider this part 1 of the series, where we are going to give you the answers right up front. Here are the three takeaways from this series on markets and elections:
