Industrials After Trump's Election: Greater Uncertainty but Defense Li...

It’s challenging to predict what will happen following the election of Donald Trump as president, because he may lack the full support of the Republican Congress and may refine his policies as his team gathers information from business and labor leaders, but we can say with confidence that the near-term cone of uncertainty surrounding the performance of many industrial stocks just increased. Trump’s anti-free-trade rhetoric and policy uncertainty has led to an initially weaker U.S. dollar, w...