Investors Still Slightly Prefer Trump

[applegrove]

https://politicalwire.com/2016/08/17/investors-still-slightly-prefer-trump/

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A Bloomberg Politics/Morning Consult poll found registered voters with money in the market narrowly pick Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, 42% to 40%, as the candidate who would be better for their holdings.

That’s down from a Trump advantage of 50% to 33% when a similar survey was taken in June.


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[rurallib]

1. shows how smart they are

Investments always do much better under democrats.

Bush to Obama or Bill Clinton to Bush or Daddy Bush to Bill Clinton sure provide very good illustrations.

Just talking about this sort of thing with Mrs. Lib - just 'cause a person is rich doesn't make them smart

[GeorgeGist]

2. Sad.

[Yonnie3]

3. I wonder if active investors would poll the same.

Many Americans have IRAs or 401Ks that are invested in mutual funds. They don't actively pick stocks and aren't particularly knowledgeable about the markets. I'm glad to see more investors are realizing that Trump is no panacea for businesses. I've read elsewhere that "Wall Street" is afraid of Trump.

I think his half-baked talk of huge tariffs, tax reform, muddy economic policy etc. will not be good for average investors. No one knows what the heck a Trump administration would actually do and this uncertainty is a market killer.

[0rganism]

4. some people really enjoy shorting

a hypothetical tRump presidency would bring about a fantastic market for short sellers. they'd make millions betting against America.

[Yonnie3]

5. Hmm ... shorting

If we can get a bunch of tRump supporters shorting stocks because polls show Ms. Clinton is winning, they could be wiped out and covering all those shorts would push the market up.

After all, straight from the Orange Buffoon's mouth, "I did" (have money in the market), "but I got out," Trump replied. He warned of "very scary scenarios" ahead for investors.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/02/investing/donald-trump-stock-market/