Maximizing Outcomes
Politics and Your Portfolio: Insights for Investing During an Election Year (Ep. 45)
How do presidential elections influence your investment portfolio?
This week on Maximizing Outcomes®, Jim McGovern talks about presidential elections and their impact on investment portfolios. Jim explores historical market behaviors during election cycles and dissects common investor sentiments and strategies amid political changes. Whether you’re navigating the uncertainties of a campaign season or curious about the historical patterns of the stock market during these periods, this discussion aims to shed light on what history can teach us and how investors can approach election years with informed confidence.
Here’s what you’ll learn about by tuning in:
- Historical behaviors of the market in previous election cycles
- Comparison of market performance under different presidential administrations
- Historical market performance when congress and the president are from the same vs. opposing parties
- Understand market volatility during the months leading up to an election vs post-election season
- And more!
Resources:
- The Today Show: ‘What is internet?’ Katie Couric, Bryant Gumbel are puzzled
- DALBAR Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior
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