Trump versus Clinton: Why most Americans will be voting against, not for, a candidate

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David F. Lafferty, Natixis Global Asset Management's Boston-based chief market strategist, explores how the controversial Trump versus White House veteran Clinton battle could play out in the coming months.

You will have to forgive Americans if we are not well versed on the implications of June's Brexit vote. We have got our own issues to work through this summer. If you have been watching our presidential election process, you know that gone are the days of towering American leaders like Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy. Ronald Reagan's "shining city upon a hill" has been replaced with insults, vulgarity and Twitter wars. Much of the circus has been focused on real estate magnate and reality-TV star Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee. Trump's lack of political correctness all...

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