Trump Victory Might Not Be Market Atom Bomb Analysts Expected

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Mark Melin
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With yesterday’s Trump victory, the political atomic bomb has exploded. “Polls, political prognosticators, and investors all underestimated the magnitude of dissatisfaction of the US electorate,” a Goldman Sachs report noted, stating the obvious in the wake of the election of Donald Trump. In fact, just like the Brexit vote – when establishment analysis missed the underlying anger at a status quo – the Trump anger generally surprised media pundits, Wall Street analysts and establishment political leaders. Wall Street’s reaction to the surprise victory is decidedly mixed if slightly focused on the downside. Morgan Stanley’s herd-master Adam Parker says don’t buy…

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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.