Let's talk about investing during an election year. In short, don't let how you feel about politics affect how you feel about investing. Why? Well, surprisingly, election years tend to be positive for markets. In fact, there's a pattern: leading up to the election, things are volatile as emotions run high and headline noise reaches a fever pitch, but by the time a president is chosen and the market gets certainty, since 1928 the stock market has ended higher than it started 75% of the time. Since the 1950s, it's ended higher than it started 83% of the time. And this is true whether it was a Republican or Democrat that won, controversial election year or not. What matters most is earnings, where we are in the economic cycle, and the Fed - that's what moves markets, not presidents.
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