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THE eve of Philippine presidential elections could be a good window to plow money into the nation’s equities.

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This upside bias could hold this year particularly if the election on Monday is free of irregularities and the new president names a credible economic team that fosters investors’ confidence, says Gerard Abad, chief investment officer at AB Capital & Investment Corp., adding stocks historically also gain in the year after the elections.

“There is strong distrust on both camps that could create a volatile political landscape and rattle the market,” says Jonathan Ravelas, chief market strategist at BDO Unibank Inc., who expects the benchmark to drop to about 6,500 in the near term.

 

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