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How to Manage Risk in an Election Year

The U.S. presidential election is still months away, but there's already plenty of speculation about what it will mean for the financial markets -- and how that might affect individual investors' portfolios.

No one can predict what will happen, or if a particular candidate or party's success will impact investments for better or worse. But uncertainty and change do tend to bring on volatility. (Remember the "" just days after the 2016 election? Global bond markets experienced a $1 trillion loss as investors reacted to the possibility

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