QE, the Elections and the Market

QE, the Elections and the Market

With the Presidential election debate bringing the election back into focus, investors might start to toy with the idea of how one "games" the election. After all, Romney has said if he is elected, he would fire Bernanke and end quantitative easing. Would the market's perception that QE could be come off the table cause a sell-off in stocks and precious metals?

Some of this is unclear as a Romney administration might also be perceived as providing an inflection point in current economic policy towards one that is more business-friendly, unleashing the entrepreneurial component of the U.S. economy. After all,...