MUSEUM NEWS
THE TICKER
Museum Tracks Investor Sentiment in the Run-up
to the Election with “Your Vote. Your Money.”
conversation focused on the increased
emphasis on policy — legislative, monetary and regulatory — in the presidential candidates’ platforms, and its impact
on the markets and investment decisions
of institutional and individual investors.
They also discussed which sectors of the
economy could benefit from the election
of each candidate.
Following the fireside chat, leaders in
financial and political data analysis, as well
as media/communications, participated
in a panel discussion that explored the
impact of this turbulent election year on
investor sentiment and market activity.
The panel was moderated by Museum
board member Consuelo Mack, Executive
Producer & Managing Editor of Consuelo
Mack WealthTrack. The panelists were
Michael McDonough, Chief Economist at
Bloomberg Intelligence; Caleb Silver, VP
of Content at Investopedia; and Ali Velshi,
Anchor at MSNBC.
The panel focused on how the positions
of the presidential candidates were driving
investors’ and voters’ financial concerns,
and how that translated into global market activity. Panelists highlighted various
polls, indices and other indicators that
measured investor sentiment, including
Investopedia’s Anxiety Index (IAI), the
University of Michigan investor sentiment survey and online searches for various terminology used in the debates. A
global perspective was introduced regarding issues leading the debates, such as the
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and US
relations with Mexico. Finally, the panelists shared what they considered the most
important factors that could influence
the market after the election, including a
potential year-end Fed rate hike and any
shift in the balance of power in Congress.
At the conclusion of the program, the
speakers joine