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Uncertainty leading up to the situation presidential election Investors are often spooked, with some worrying about the expected rematch between President Biden and former President Trump this fall.
Financial services giant TIAA told FOX Business: super tuesday With 2020 approaching, many clients are asking the firm’s wealth management team whether they should make changes to their portfolios.
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“Clients are generally very concerned about the political climate we’re in,” Niladri “Neil” Mukherjee, chief investment officer of TIAA’s wealth management team, said in an interview. “And normally this concern happens every four years, so it’s not surprising at all. There’s always political uncertainty, but this year it’s heightened a little bit more than I’ve ever seen in my career. It seems there is.”
Answering a client’s question, Mukherjee said: Research conducted Dating back to 1928, this data may provide some comfort to investors.
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Over the past 24 presidential elections, Mukherjee found that the return of a standard 60/40 portfolio, which invests 60% in stocks and 40% in bonds, has not fluctuated significantly, with a total return of 8.7% in election years and They found that in other years it was 8.5%. – Election year.
Morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange on March 4, 2024 in New York City. (Angela Weiss/via AFP/Getty Images)
In fact, since 1928, there have only been four presidential years with negative profits, and all of those years were caused by significant and disruptive events such as the Great Depression, World War II, the bursting of the high-tech bubble, and the Great Recession. He discovered what happened during the.
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Another encouraging finding from Mr. Mukherjee’s research is that in each of the president’s 11 years, returns were positive in January (confirmed in 2024), but in the rest of the year, the market rose. It means that it was.
| ticker | safety | last | change | change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Me: DJI | Dow Jones Average | 39057.52 | -29.86 | -0.08% |
| I:Comp | Nasdaq Composite Index | 16245.319139 | -29.62 | -0.18% |
| SPX | Na | Na | Na | Na |
He says that statistics aside, averages are real and vary from cycle to cycle. However, the general idea is that although markets are more volatile during election periods, they tend to be pushed forward and produce decent returns on average.
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“What we tell our customers is not to pay too much attention to the election and political noise,” Mukherjee said. “Focus on the other fundamental factors that move markets as always: interest rates, corporate earnings, monetary policy, Fed actions, and obviously economic growth.”
He added: “That’s the big message we’re giving investors.”
