People love to connect the performance of the economy to whomever the President of the United States is -- perhaps even more so with the stock market. With the barrage of investors parking their wealth in index funds and other investments tied to the performance of United States stocks,

Although there is certainly volatility and speculation regarding who will win the presidential election every four years, history shows that it's nearly a non-event in terms of long-term stock

Markets sold off on Monday as investors digested Donald Trump's tariff announcements on Mexico, Canada, and China.