Global Finance: Elections and Financial Market

buy the rumor, sell the fact is a phrase often quoted by stock or futures traders that explain price declines that occur after an anticipated positive event has happened. Does it also applied for a time when political status are unsecured, e.g. election period? Ivan has asked Morgans Senior Analyst Brian Pun whether an investor should be alert during the election period, and what will be the best strategy to the response before and after the election?

2016 Australian election Source: Getty Images