Mueller Risk Index Warns of Market Declines as Probe Continues
- Developments seen as hurting stocks but helping the dollar
- New index offered by a firm that analyzes political risk
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As Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election meddling unfolds, investors should expect stocks to fall on major developments, according to a new index aimed at tracking political risks from the probe.
The Mueller Risk Index “suggests that increased risk associated with the Mueller investigation (and by extension, the increased risk of impeachment) may hurt stocks but help the dollar,” according to GeoQuant, the New York-based analytics firm behind the index, which it released Monday.