delta1 wrote:yep...too early to tell if he can implement the stuff he's talking about...renegotiating NAFTA, slapping tariffs on Mexico, negotiating with Taiwan, bringing American companies home, telling Europe that we'll pull out of NATO, cozying up to the Russians while they have sanctions on their economy...all of which will have an impact on the global economy and the markets. Our market and all the international ones do better when things are stable, calm and predictable, so the slight upticks now shouldn't be used as a gauge of the future.
More important is the population's individual power. That's a far better indicator of how the people are doing. As far as stability is concerned, that's a trade off.
For some investors, such as people who want to put their savings in a low yield stable investment that works. But, for those who would rather actively manage their investments instability creates opportunities which otherwise would not exist. Such opportunities yield much higher returns.