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user-inactivated · 3362 days ago · link · · parent · post: Sell everything ahead of stock market crash, say RBS economists
In "Election 2008," Jeffrey Kleintop, chief strategist for LPL Financial, says stocks tend to perform better in periods of legislative gridlock, when presidential power is offset by the opposition party controlling Congress. [The performance during the fourth year (an election year) of the presidential term has been relatively unpredictable.](http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/061015/how-us-election-news-affects-dow.asp)