Investing.com - For the first year in almost a decade, the biggest driver of market sentiment may not come from monetary policies of central banks around the world, but rather from politicians and the ballot box.
Global financial markets remain focused on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as he gets ready to take the Oath of Office and offer his inaugural address on Friday.
Investors will welcome any detail he may give on his promises of tax reform, infrastructure spending and deregulation, as well as insight regarding policies on China and the domestic economy.
Trump has been credited with being a major catalyst behind the market's impressive rally since election day, although he has yet to outline his economic policies in detail.
The market has come a long way since former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke unleashed the first round of quantitative easing in the U.S. back in March 2009.
Instead, with inflation accelerating across the developed world, investors are looking to politicians to take up the mantle of stimulus.
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