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stocks may still rise if Donald Trump is victorious.

Here are eight reasons:

• Markets already discounted a Trump win with the recent 4% slide.
• A Trump win could put Republicans in charge of the presidency, the House, and the Senate.
• More than 100 business leaders have endorsed Trump, including Carl Icahn and John Paulson.
• The market's performance is driven more by economics than by who is president. "Many investors will identify strategies based on the specific platforms of the candidates and eventual winner - this is intuitive and logical. "We looked at 6 precedent contested elections, and interestingly, found that portfolio strategy tended to follow prevailing economic trends, rather than platforms."
• Markets did well even under unpopular presidents such as Lyndon B. Johnson.
• The "enormously unpopular" Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, would likely be repealed.
• There are merits in Trump's economic plans, including corporate tax cuts and higher infrastructure spending.
• Investors would focus on Trump's potential to reform Washington, or "drain the swamp," as he says.