In a prescient 1989 article entitled How a Tokyo Earthquake Could Devastate Wall Street and the World Economy, author Michael Lewis looked at historical earthquakes to project the economic impact of a (at the time) hypothetical massive Tokyo earthquake. It’s a bit hard to read in this scanned version from the original in the now defunct glossy Manhattan, Inc., but it’s certainly worth a look:
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As the US election draws closer, greater investor attention is warranted on how to align market views with the potential November outcome. In this article, we consider which equity sectors could benefit or lose out depending on the election results.
