Election and Markets
With the election just a few weeks away, we’re seeing a lot of polls come out. And naturally, they’re going to show different things, so it’s hard to know which ones to trust. Here, we don’t lean politically one way or another. We believe that certain sectors do better under different political regimes, and that’s where we try to position ourselves. We aren’t taking sides—we’re just looking at the data and focusing on the facts.
We use several market indicators to try to predict where things might be headed, as opposed to just relying on polls. There are four key indicators that we and our research partners use:
Below is a breakdown of these indicators:
These are just some of the data points we rely on, especially when there’s so much conflicting information from polls and news outlets. We’re paying attention to what the market is telling us.
With polling, you often find that people aren’t entirely honest. Plus, it’s harder for pollsters to reach people these days—people aren’t as responsive to phone calls or door-to-door interviews like they used to be. Pollsters are struggling to figure out how people will actually vote. Looking at the market data removes some of that uncertainty. It shows us where people are putting their money, which can be a more reliable indicator of how they feel about things. People can say all kinds of things, but where their money is flowing—that always tells the truth.
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