Tortoise Sr. Portfolio Manager Rob Thummel in Investors’ Chronicle

What markets are making of America’s political drama

Financial markets usually don’t respond dramatically to political news. It is, however, rare that within a ten-day period a presidential candidate will be shot at and the sitting president will step out of the race, allowing the possibility of a first female commander-in-chief. Fund managers have been trying to keep cool heads, but swings in the market suggest that this time the politics is consequential.

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