2012 Election Results: Will Anything Be Different?

While political pundits work overtime to draw profound conclusions from Tuesday’s election results, the implications for the financial markets seem less than momentous. Election night was clearly much better for Democrats than Republicans, but this was a status quo outcome. Until the 2014 mid-term elections, the players will be President Obama, a GOP House of Representatives and a Democratic Senate—the same mix as the last two years. This begs the question, “Will anything be different?”