It's a widely-held belief that the Republican sweep of Congress and the Presidency for 2017 could inject fresh volatility into the S&P 500 and U.S. equities in general. Some of this has already come to pass, as scared investors dumped stocks quickly after Donald Trump's win in November—only to start grabbing stocks back up just a short time later.
For now, it seems that much of the volatility has been driven by investor fears rather than real fundamentals. Analysts have been quick to sound the alarm bells about what might happen, despite the lack of evidence proving that any of it will.
World view has shifted
Less than a year after insulting investors who did well during the high levels of...
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