In the months leading up to every election, the airwaves fill with predictions, theories, and enough speculation to fuel Wall Street for decades. Experts and not-so-experts come out of the woodwork to tell us how much the next election will affect the stock market. And if history has taught us anything, it’s that predicting the stock market is almost as tricky as predicting who will win the next reality TV show.
But does the outcome of an election actually matter for your portfolio? Or are we just being taken for a ride? Let’s dig into how elections have actually affected the stock market over time.
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