Will Trump’s Problems Cause You to Lose Money?

Will Trump’s
Problems Cause
You to Lose
Money?
By www.ProfitableInvestingTips.com

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No matter what is going on in the world
of politics, the business of investing is
to make money.

Smart investors are apolitical. Their only
concerns with politics have to do with the
effects of laws and regulations on investing
profits.

We just wrote about whether or not
the mid-term elections could cause
you to lose money.

But, now the question comes into closer
focus with the legal troubles of those close
to Donald Trump.

What is going on and should you be
concerned?

In short, will Trump’s problems cause you to
lose money?

Fraud Convictions for
Manafort and Guilty Plea by
Cohen

Just yesterday Trump’s former
campaign manager was convicted of
several counts of fraud and his former
lawyer pled guilty to other crimes, while
also implicating the President of the
United States in a cover-up.

The New York Times writes about all the
President’s crooks.

On Tuesday afternoon, the American
public was treated to an astonishing
split-screen moment involving two of
those people

As Mr. Trump’s former campaign chief was
convicted by a federal jury in Virginia of
multiple crimes carrying years in prison

At the same time that his longtime
personal lawyer pleaded guilty in
federal court in New York to his own
lengthy trail of criminality, and
confessed that he had committed at
least some of the crimes “at the
direction of” Mr. Trump himself.

Let that sink in: Mr. Trump’s own lawyer
has now accused him, under oath, of
committing a felony.

Only a complete fantasist – that is, only
President Trump and his cult – could
continue to claim that this investigation of
foreign subversion of an American election,
which has already yielded dozens of other
indictments and several guilty pleas, is a
“hoax” or “scam” or “rigged witch hunt.”

To say the least, this could be bad
news for Trump.

But, back to the point, will Trump’s problems
cause you to lose money?

For Now, Wall Street Does
Not Care!

CNN Money reiterates what we said in
our article about the mid-term elections.

Smart investors are only interested in
politics to the degree that governmental
changes directly affect business.

CNN writes about why Wall Street is
unfazed by the Trump-related turmoil.

“The market has known there’s a
political circus in DC for the entire time
of the Trump presidency,” said Nicholas
Colas, co-founder of DataTrek
Research.

“Investors don’t really care who the
president is.

They care about earnings and interest
rates,” said Colas.

Earnings are booming, thanks to an
economy that grew at a four-year high
of 4.1% last quarter.

Unemployment dropped to 3.9% during
July.

This week’s turmoil does little to
change that.

Is there any scenario in which an
investor should be worried?

We noted in our article about the mid-term
elections that uncertainty tends to drive
stock prices down prior to elections, but
markets tend to recover nicely once the
political dust has settled.

Is there any reason to be more
concerned this time around?

The “I” Word and Increased
Uncertainty

In our opinion, the main issues facing
investors are a possible full-fledged
trade war and a nine year bull market
that will eventually correct strongly.

Investors deal with these issues every day.
Trump’s problems enter the mix because of
his combative nature.

Rather than just letting things run their
course, the current President may well
decide to pardon Manafort and attempt
stop the Mueller investigation into
Russian meddling in the US electoral
process.

If there is a Democratic majority in the
House of Representatives next year, and
especially if there is a Democratic majority
in the US Senate, the specter arises of
impeachment proceedings.

So, would impeachment of a sitting US
President hurt your investments?

Remember that Bill Clinton was impeached
by a Republican House of Representatives
in 1998 and in 1999 the Democratic
controlled US Senate acquitted him of the
charges.

During the Clinton years, the stock
market had one of its best 8 year runs
ever!

If things go really badly for the sitting
US President, the issue for investors
will be uncertainty and not the specifics
of what is going on in the world of
politics and legal proceedings.

Will Trump’s problems cause you to lose
money? The answer is that if you lose
money in your investments, it will probably
not be the President’s fault!

Will Trump’s Problems Cause You to Lose Money?

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