What Does the Election Mean for the Stock Market?

Wit the election fast approaching, what does this mean for the stock market?

I remember in 2008 on Election day the stock market rallied over 200 points as Obama was clearly the winner from early on.  However the next day the market dropped over 200 points as the reality of the economic disaster he was inheriting kicked in.

This time around the new President will step into a stock market that is trading near record highs.

 

Also at record highs, however, is the easy money policies of nearly every Central Bank in the world.  Clearly these are unprecedented times littered with unprecedented Central Bank policies that have now become the norm.

What will the stock market do in the face of the uncertainty that the November 8th election brings?

Heading into election day historically  the market trades higher.

from seeitmarket

On average the market has gained 1.9% during those 7 days, and positive 81.8% of the time.

and some more great stats heading into and after the election:

 

From my perspective if Trump wins we could see asset prices fall, and perhaps we are already starting to see that as the polls have started to turn around for him.

Trump has talked previously about the market being in a bubble and the policies of the FED helping to contribute to it.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump repeated his criticism that the Federal Reserve has created a"bubble" and an "artificial stock market" through low rates that were designed to benefit President Obama.

"They're keeping the rates artificially low so that Obama can go out and play golf in January and say that he did a good job," Trump told reporters Monday aboard a flight to Youngstown, Ohio. "It's a very false economy." - from Bloomberg

However if Clinton wins we could see more of the same market action that we had with Obama , save for the pharma and biotech stocks as the drug price issue will come more to the forefront.

Many agree with this, and some think Clinton winning the election is already priced in.  Perhaps that is why stocks fell off a cliff on Friday when the FBI re-opened the Clinton investigation.

 

Case for Clinton

If history is a guide, a Clinton presidency would be better for the stock market, says Stephanie T. Withers, a senior vice president of Bel Air Investment Advisors with more than $6 billion under management.

“Consider the evidence. The average annual return of the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index (DIA) from 1901 through September 2016 has been 4.5%,” Withers said in an email. “Under Democrat presidents, the index has returned 7.0% on average, while Republican administrations have seen a 3.0%.”

Withers cites Princeton economists Alan Blinder and Mark Watsonwho published a study in 2015 that analyzed 16 presidential terms from Truman to Obama. They found annualized gross domestic product, GDP, growth was 1.8 percentage points higher under Democratic presidents versus Republican. Withers believes the stock market has already priced in a Clinton victory. - Forbes

Who will win the election?  According to a metric that has been right over 80% of the time, Trump will win.

One metric has accurately predicted the outcome of every presidential election since 1984 — the strength of the S&P 500 Index.

And right now, the S&P 500 is pointing to a Donald Trump victory on Election Day.

Bloomberg and CNBC noted this week that the stock market's decline does not bode well for Hillary Clinton, the nominee for the incumbent Democratic party.

"Going back to World War II, the S&P 500 performance between July 31 and October 31 has accurately predicted a challenger victory 86% of the time when the stock market performance has been negative," Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA, told CNBC - from BI

Is the market already trading lower in anticipation of a Trump victory?  If he does win, how much further will stocks fall?  We'll take a closer look in the days ahead as election day nears.

Known to most as Uranium Pinto Beans, Jason has more than 15 years under his belt of trading stocks, options and currencies. His expertise primarily lies in chart analysis, and he has a strong eye for undervalued stock. Because he’s got the ability to identify great risk/reward trades he usually enjoys taking the path less traveled and reaping the benefits from the adventure.

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