In a week in which the US Presidential election polling reversed sharply, favoring Donald Trump, there was also a related move among asset class fund flows, a Deutsche Bank report notes. In fact, many of the asset trends that had been established assuming a Clinton cake-walk to the Presidency witnessed negative outflows the previous week. Over the last two days, those trends mean reverted back to a Clinton victory dance. Fund flows reflect concern regarding a Trump victory last week In many respects, the sharp decline in the S&P 500 index that peaked October 24 at 2151 and then fell…
Market Fund Flows Mirror Election Polling
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.
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