[INFOGRAPHIC] As a new president rises, will the market follow?

Elections and the Market: Infographic

The U.S. presidential election has capitalized the news media, social media, and pop culture for nearly a year now, and we still have several months before the campaign's end and the voters have their say. Here at WrapManager, we don’t take a political stance on elections, but we do track market trends and activity and the election environment can have an effect on the stock market. It’s interesting to look back at how politics have affected financial markets in the past. Though we can’t predict what might happen this time around, looking back can help us identify previous trends.

There’s Still Time: Backdoor Roth Conversions

Two years ago we wrote an article about how high income earners—who are generally excluded from Roth IRAs because of income levels—could still technically contribute to Roth IRAs if they used the right methods. We wrote that “high income earners could make non-deductible contributions to a Traditional IRA (non-deductible IRA), then take that money and move it into a Roth IRA.” This method allowed income earners access to the benefits of the Roth IRA, which notably are: the ability to grow your money tax-free and also make tax-free withdrawals.

2 Key Social Security Strategies Legislated Away –
What You Need to Know

Two strategies designed to maximize Social Security retirement benefits just got cut, but it doesn’t mean your benefits have to shrink too (more on that later). Effective May 1, the U.S. government adopted rules that will bar the "file and suspend strategy" for people born after April 30, 1950, putting an end to a unique strategy for drawing Social Security that helped many retirees boost their lifetime benefits significantly.

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WrapManager's Q3 2016 Top Equity Money Manager Picks

Elections and the Market: Infographic

There’s Still Time: Backdoor Roth Conversions

2 Key Social Security Strategies Legislated Away –
What You Need to Know

Early IRA Withdraw

Free eBook

Free Guide

WrapManager's Q3 2016 Top Equity Money Manager Picks

Elections and the Market: Infographic

There’s Still Time: Backdoor Roth Conversions

2 Key Social Security Strategies Legislated Away – What You Need to Know

Early IRA Withdraw

Free eBook

Free Guide

2 Key Social Security Strategies Legislated Away –
What You Need to Know