THE POLITICAL CALENDAR SPREAD

Before we get a deal, we will get a scare...

I try to avoid writing about politics. It’s often a no-win. Not only that, what I think about politics won’t make any of us a dime, so why bother discussing it?

Yet there are times when what’s happening in Washington ends up being important to how the market will trade, so discussing politics ends up being a necessary evil.

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