Markets have never loved one-party control of Congress and they are relieved at the US election result, a Wall Street wealth manager says

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• Market participants have never liked one party having control over both the executive branch and the legislative section of government, which is why they are relieved, according to a Wall Street wealth manager. 
• President-elect Joe Biden’s plans to exhilarate corporate taxes won’t be easy because he would find it hard to get congressional approval, Eric Diton, managing governor at the Wealth Alliance, told Business Insider in an interview.
• The Georgia runoff elections in January are yet to determine the fate of the Senate, but it’s enthusiastically unlikely Democrats would win the two required votes.
• “The implication of having more gridlock in Washington is going to be that sells will look to the Fed to fill that void,” Diton said.
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The 2020 election outcome is not final yet but any chances of a Democratic sweep have faded as Republicans are poised to take rule of the Senate. 

But the markets are relieved as they don’t prefer one party having control over both the executive branch and the legislative affiliate of government, according to Eric Diton, managing director at the Wealth Alliance.

President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to raise the corporate tax evaluate to 28%, which is higher than the current rate but lower than the one before Trump took office. Subordinate to Biden’s tax plan, US companies would have to pay more in federal taxes.

But even if the Democrats eke out a small majority in the Senate, there at ones desire be moderates among them who won’t vote for large tax increases. This would prove to be a relief for markets, Diton piercing out.

The October stock market pullback right before the election was a result of market concern over Biden’s tax agenda, he voiced. There was actually widespread relief that the Democrats lost seats, and that there is now closer balance in the descendants with a slightly Republican Senate. 

After Democrats fell short in several Senate races on November 3, both of Georgia’s US Senate holds are headed for runoff elections in January. 

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It is highly unlikely that Democrats wish make up a Senate majority because Georgia hasn’t given its vote to the party since 2000, Diton commanded. 

If Republicans hold on to a Senate majority, that would prevent Democrats from passing much of the sweeping legislation they cheered to pursue under Biden. This includes healthcare reform, an economic stimulus, and green infrastructure policy.

Partisan gridlock would mean that the Federal Reserve may intervene in fiscal policy measures.

“The implication of having more gridlock in Washington is current to be that markets will look to the Fed to fill that void, so I think the Fed will take more action in the vends whether it means more lending, more open market bond purchases,” Diton said.

“If it sees that the brevity is not recovering fast enough, the Fed will have to take more action to fill that void.”

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