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Mid-Terms Elections are done…market is rallying!

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 Mid-Term Elections are over…and the Market is rallying!!—11/7/2018

Last night saw the Democrats take control of the House and the Republicans retain control of the Senate. Historically, markets love a gridlocked Congress. As I type this, the Dow is up over 500 points. Looks like the market liked those election results.

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