Article: The Chicago Tribune Bill Barnhart Market Report column: Change likely to affect drug, energy firms.(Column)

Byline: Bill Barnhart

Nov. 5--Wall Street expects Democrats to win control of the House but not the Senate. There is no belief that so-called gridlock in Washington, with the parties sharing power, would be worse for investors generally than current political conditions, or that the election outcome will matter much to financial markets. "Our advice is, don't worry," Mark Riepe, senior vice president at the Schwab Center for Investment Research, said in a report. "The fact is there is no evidence of a statistically significant relationship between political control of Washington and the stock market." Moreover, any likely changes from the election ...

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