The Harris Market Shockwave Watchlist
As election day looms, Wall Street analysts are sounding the alarm over the potential for Kamala Harris's progressive economic platform to upend markets across multiple asset classes.
Taxing Times for Stocks?
Critics warn a Harris presidency could create a perfect storm battering equities through her proposed tax hikes on corporations and the wealthy. A recent Penn-Wharton Budget Model analysis estimated her tax plan could slash U.S. stock values by nearly 10% in the short-term alone as higher corporate taxes dent profits.
Sectors like big tech, oil/gas, and companies that lean heavily on share buybacks are seen as prime targets getting hit hard initially, as they become sources of funds for Harris's agenda. Her proposed taxes on share repurchases and tax hikes threatening to curtail that key driver of equity gains have some analysts forecasting wild market rotations.
Bond Rout Brewing?
But it's the sheer size of Harris's spending ambitions that have sparked broader fears over its risking a major inflationary spiral that could send bond yields soaring. Harris has proposed around $7 trillion in new investments over the next decade for climate, infrastructure, housing and more - far outpacing past administrations.
While her team argues it will be offset by tax hikes, critics warn that flooding an already liquidity-soaked economy with massive deficit spending could overwhelm the Fed's inflation-fighting tools. Many see chilling parallels to the disastrous mix of loose fiscal and tight monetary policies that set off 1970s stagflation.
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Commodities & Currency Chaos
The market chaos could easily spread into commodities and currency markets too. Harris's aggressive climate policies to curb fossil fuels could pummel oil & gas producers, while likely igniting a green energy boom in areas like renewables, EVs and strategic minerals.
On the forex front, her prioritization of multilateral trade pacts over unilateral "America First" policies points to the potential for a much weaker U.S. dollar down the line. That could spell turmoil for currency markets long geared around dollar dominance.
Proceed With Caution
Of course, not everyone is embracing the doomsday narrative. Harris backers argue her plans will sustainably boost long-term economic growth by addressing climate change, rebuilding manufacturing, enhancing workforce skills and reducing inequality that has exacerbated financial instability.
Many moderate Democrats on Wall Street have dismissed dire warnings as fear-mongering that ignores Harris's pragmatic streak and political reality of needing to compromise to get anything passed.
Regardless of which side proves correct though, caution is warranted. Few dispute that an unleashed Harris agenda would dramatically reshape market dynamics and trigger potentially historic volatility across asset classes.
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