2020 has been a year of many major events, including an upcoming presidential election. Regardless of your political views, for investors, the most important part might be how the markets react. Historically, markets sometimes have experienced increased volatility leading up to an election and it leaves many investors wondering, "What's going to happen to the stock market if this candidate wins?"

We can’t predict the future, but this presentation brought to you by the VCU Alumni Richmond Chapter will provide an historical perspective on what the markets have done following elections. It will show historical market reactions to all the various scenarios that have happened with party control in both the White House and Congress. John T. Cinella, associate managing director in the broker/dealer division of MFS Fund Distributors Inc., will discuss how politics can affect personal investments.

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About the speaker

John T. Cinella is an associate managing director in the Broker/Dealer Division of MFS Fund Distributors Inc., a division of MFS Investment Management. His territory includes central and southern Virginia and West Virginia. He joined MFS in 1993 and has held several client service and sales positions with the firm, serving as a retirement sales representative for three years. In 2000, he was named a regional manager, responsible for sales in eastern North Carolina and southern Virginia. He was appointed associate managing director in 2015. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine at Orono and holds the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Series 6 and 63 licenses.