Why the Stock Market Is Rooting for Hillary Clinton to Win

Wall Street titans from Carl Icahn to George Soros and Bill Gross have pooh-poohed the stock market’s recent rise and are increasing their bearish bets. Brokerages like Goldman Sachs and Barclays Capital have been sounding notes of caution. The popular theory is that the rally has been driven by expectations the Federal Reserve will continue to hold off on any fresh interest rate hikes until December at the earliest — which, in turn, has unleashed a wave of forced short-covering buyi