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Argentina: Is the Pendulum Swinging, Again? The pendulum is swinging toward smaller government. If leaders fulfill this desire, investors around the globe will have reason to cheer. While Argentina has followed a different rhythm than many Western countries, the elections of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan changed the direction of global economic growth. Is it happening again?

Beware a “Gridlock Rally”. Gridlock has been good for stock market investors in the past few decades, particularly when there’s been a Democratic president and the Republicans in control of at least one house of Congress.

The Outlook for November Elections. We are now about five months away from the mid-term elections that will decide who controls the Senate and House of Representatives for the next two years.