Why The Third Year of the Presidential Cycle is Good For Stocks.
https://www.schwab.com/resource-center/insights/content/how-do-stocks-perform-during-presidential-election-cycle This is a good article. The first two years of the US presidential cycle is usually so-so as the new President tries to carry out his pre-election promises. This usually comes with painful reforms. Years 2 and 3 are usually when the President tries to pump prime the economy to get re-elected. I feel that the fourth year of the US Presidential cycle, which is also the election year of 2020, will not be good. Remember 2008? Then US president George Bush pumped the economy so much that it collapsed in 2008, and Obama had to rescue the country. 2012 coincided with the European Crisis and a stock correction. 2016 was a good year for the stock markets that just recovered from a correction in 2015. 2019 should be a good one for stocks. The correction we are seeing should be a mild one. How Do Stocks Perform During the Presidential Election Cycle? Let’s...