http://profitableinvestingtips.com/stock-investing/will-stocks-continue-to-rise-as-trump-goes-down-in-flames Will Stocks Continue to Rise as Trump Goes Down in Flames? It looks like Hillary Clinton is going to be the next president and the market has reacted positively. Here are a few thoughts on how this is working out and how to make a profit in stocks as the presidential election campaign winds down to a welcome close. The reason that U.S. presidential candidates always move politically toward the center as the election approaches is because it works. Each party has its base of ardent supporters but not enough people to win the election. The winner is the candidate who convinces the vast undecided middle of the U.S. political spectrum to vote for them and who keeps their base energized enough to get out and vote. The problem for Donald Trump is that with questions arising about his business acumen ($1 billion dollar business loss in one year) and his morals (bragging on tape about unsolicited sexual advances on women) he has retreated to the attack, slash and burn, mode that is popular with his base but is offensive to virtually everyone else. Take a look at the odds reported in the New York Times “Upshot” page and their “Who Will Be President” page. The Upshot’s elections model suggests that Hillary Clinton is favored to win the presidency, based on the latest state and national polls. A victory by Mr. Trump remains quite possible: Mrs. Clinton’s chance of losing is about the same as the probability that an N.F.L. kicker misses a 36-yard field goal. In the last couple of weeks Mr. Trumps odds of winning have gone down from about one in three to one in six or worse and the market has gone up. Our point is not to argue the pros and cons of either candidate’s positions or defend or attack either candidate. Rather our point is to ask if stocks will continue to rise as Trump goes down in flames, perhaps taking a Republican Party in both houses of congress with him. Stocks Are Up Post Debate Reuters reports that U.S. stocks gain on Clinton’s debate performance.