One possible message from the market is that investors believe they've gotten out of President Trump's economic policies as much as they're going to get. With the major stock market averages hitting new highs today, in the face of an acceleration in the Trump related investigations/legal matters, that certainly seems plausible at the moment. I point that out in the video below.

 

  In recent history, the sample size of presidential impeachments is very small, but it is still worth taking a look back to see what perspective we could glean from them.  

 

 Suffice it to say that if you're within 5 years ahead or past your retirement date, you have to be asking yourself how this subject could impact you. If you are 10 or more years ahead of your hoped for retirement, you have to be asking if you should keep investing new money into your investment accounts, or at least if you should do anything differently.

 

 I first wrote about this subject a little over a year ago, using information from the Stock Trader's Almanac and drawing from my own experience as a financial advisor during the Clinton years. You can check out that article by clicking on the link below.  

 

 And now, here's my raw, unbiased, historical perspective:

 

 

IMPEACHMENT is on the mind of investors. How will it affect your investment accounts?

 

If you want to learn more about this, here's the link to my Impeachment article from a year ago:  How would the stock market handle a Trump impeachment?  

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