Will US equities fare better under Trump than Reagan?

The Trumponomics of the future may resemble the Reaganomics of the past, by being characterised by looser fiscal and tighter monetary policies. With this in mind, how is the performance of the US stock market in the next couple of years likely to compare to that at the outset of the 1980s?

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