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Comment by ahs1

Apolitical answer:

Markets prefer political stability. Average annual S&P 500 returns are around ~7% adjusted for inflation, but ~12% when a President is in his second term.

Political answer:

A Trump loss would be presumably be to one of the self-avowed socialists running which would certainly crash the markets.

Furthermore, even without a market crash, a socialist implementing mark-to-market capital gains taxation while also doubling the long-term capital gains rates (15% to 32% for me) would drastically slow down my march towards $1,000,000.

parent ahs1 6 years ago

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