Lots of people are trying to game the incoming Donald Trump administration, repositioning their portfolios to profit from what seems like a pretty sure thing. After all, how many presidents have said that they grade themselves by the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average ? How many presidents even bother to follow the stock market? I have been close enough to them to tell you that except for Trump the market has meant nothing to any of them. It's just an abstraction.
A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange next to a U.S. flag, after Republican Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, in New York City, U.S., November 6, 2024.administration, repositioning their portfolios to profit from what seems like a pretty sure thing.