Juan Xavier Sánchez interviewed by InvestmentNews: Midterm election won’t change portfolio fundamentals, advisors say

In a new article in InvestmentNews, Juan Xavier Sánchez, head of wealth strategy at Activest Wealth Management , says the 2026 midterms are unusual because the forces that have actually moved markets this year are not on the ballot, noting that oil has pushed inflation higher, the Fed has raised rates, and trade and deregulation are driven by a White House that is not up for election. In his view, the vote will change how Washington operates more than where markets are heading, and he opens nervous client conversations with a single question: did something change in your plan, or only in the news? Rather than trading around the election, which he says means being right twice, Sánchez points clients toward rebalancing, setting aside a year or two of spending, and putting new money to work gradually. He also stresses year-end tax moves anchored to the one date no election can