Impeachment’s Policy Implications In September 2016, American University professor Allan Lichtman was one of just nine analysts to correctly predict that Donald Trump would win the presidency. In 2017, he predicted that Trump would be impeached within a year, which would have been 2018. Earlier this year, the prescient professor said the only way Trump would lose re-election is if Democrats “grow a spine” and impeach him. The question for markets is what will be the impact of Trump’s demise and presumably the elevation of Democrats to greater power in 2021? On the positive side, we can assume an end to tariffs and trade wars, at least for a while. There will be great geopolitical stability around the world. More co...
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Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.