Strategists are urging investors to be patient ahead of the U.S. presidential election. That said, an opportunity may be emerging in stocks catering to high-income earners. Worldwide Exchange Word of the Day: Patience Steven Wieting of Citi Global Wealth Investments said investors should take a wait-and-see approach before the election. "This is a time when markets are distorted… the October period before US elections have usually been distorted," Wieting said on Worldwide Exchange.
"The higher end consumer is where you want to be right now," said Zaman on Worldwide Exchange. "Those consumers are not going to scale back their consumption based on small economic blips." Dividend-Focused Investing Wieting says a dividend-focused strategy is a great way to hedge against the uncertainty of the election, Fed rate decisions and other possible market moving events.