What the Election Failed to Fix

Election outcomes tend to provide clarity. Even contested ones. For example, would one party in the U.S. control the executive branch as well as the legislative branch? At the moment, it would appear that this will not come to pass. One party is going to control the...

Election Euphoria

One might have anticipated that risk assets would trade sideways on the day of the election. After all, unusual levels of uncertainty tend to keep investors in a wait-n-see mode. However, stocks immediately rocketed more that 2% out of the morning gate. And that...