November 2016

Whether you were a Trump or Clinton supporter, the outcome of this election may have raised questions in your mind about what might be the effect on your investments and the markets, and the economy in general. My email box is filling up with white papers, webinars, commentary and other communications about what to expect next, how the markets will be moved and who the winners and losers will be under a Trump administration. Some people are screaming to buy certain sectors that will win and to sell other investments that will lose. Gold is going to go way up…or actually go way down. Interest rates will rise, or maybe they will drop in a “flight to safety.”

As I sit here and reflect on the Cubs historic World Series win, I find myself still wondering “Did that really happen?” I was born and raised in the Chicago area. I would run home from school just to see the end of that day’s Cubs game on WGN, the local TV station. The Cubs were lousy and I was also a fan of the White Sox (hey, they made it to the World Series in 1959!), but there was something about the ballpark, sunshine and those old fashioned pinstripe uniforms that made them my favorite.