Politics

Your mother asked me to write about "The Impact of Political Uncertainty on the Markets,” which is pretty simple. The markets hate uncertainty; they hate not knowing what the rules of the game are or are going to be; and the more uncertain things are the worse the markets behave (meaning they go down and you lose money). However, there are more nuanced, subtle, and complicated impacts that politics have on markets, economies, and prosperity for individuals and nations. Over the last several months (or has it been years?), I’ve been writing to you about the importance of work, the [...]