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As always, I’m stoked to be able to bring you content from one of my favorite investors, Chris DeMuth Jr. Chris took the time to offer his up-to-the-minute thoughts for Fringe Finance subscribers this week.

I enjoy reading Chris as much as I love publishing him. In today’s piece, he talks about 3 trades he has on to try and play a Trump election victory.

Chris is one of the smartest people I’ve had the chance to meet during my time as an investor. He was one of the first people to ever to be nice to me when I got my start writing on companies more than a decade ago. His acumen is widely respected by many people whose work I admire and follow - and by me.

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3 Trump Trades

Trump has more likely additions than Biden does from here.

Who will win?

Trump appears to be pulling away from Biden in the sunbelt while looking increasingly competitive in the rust belt. States that Biden won handily last time appear to be much closer this time. Sure he will probably win New Jersey, Oregon, and Virginia but polls are so tight that he might have to spend money in states that should have been free wins. It is entirely possible that Trump wins reach states such as New Hampshire and Virginia. 300 electoral college votes look likely; 350 is increasingly possible.

So what?

In a populist era, it isn’t clear that Republican fiscal policy will be much more conservative than Democratic fiscal policy. And if Trump wins by 10% instead of 1%, then he could sweep in governing Republican majorities in both legislative chambers. I had looked to merger arbitrage as one potentially benefitting strategy, but that idea is garbled by the populist JD Vance pick for veep, a noted ally of Liz Warren and fan of Lina Khan on antitrust.

The straightforward trade

First, the straightforward bet...(READ THIS FULL ARTICLE AND GET ALL 3 TRADES HERE). 

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