Jack Ablin is positive on the markets but notes that historically, midterm election years aren’t “great.” However, he emphasizes that most of consumer spending now comes from the upper echelons. He notes that AI driving up electricity prices is hurting the lower end. His stock picks right now include the small caps Innoviva (INVA) and Harmonic (HLIT).

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