A ‘Blue Wave’ in the Mid-Term Elections? Not So Fast…

A ‘Blue Wave’ in the Mid-Term Elections? Not So Fast…

New BY James Rickards POSTED 15 hours ago

My specialty is global macroeconomic analysis. I don’t usually get too involved in politics, and frankly I’d prefer to avoid the subject altogether. But at certain times politics intrudes on markets and you have to account for it. With the US midterm elections coming up in two weeks, it’s certainly a very important time right now.

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