What should investors be doing during an election year? In this episode of 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙈𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙢, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professionals Tom Kennedy and Kevin M. Curley, II host Global Wealth Advisors’ Chief Investment Officer Keith Sprauer. They discuss how election years affect the market and how politics plays into the mix. They also jump into topics like meme stocks, public official trading, and HELOCs in the Something or Nothing segment.

Find it Fast: How the election year affects the market Guest Speaker 00:00—Intro 01:36—History and election years 05:53—Does a divided government affect the market? 08:09—Tax cut bill sunsetting in 2025 10:24—What should investors be doing?

Something or Nothing 14:05—Meme stocks 16:01—US worker hours vs Europe 18:09—Bird Flu 18:50—Watching public official trading 21:07—China space station 23:00—Will HELOCs drive the economy? 26:33—Divergence along political lines 28:45—Diverging monetary policy

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