In a wide-ranging discussion during Commonwealth Financial Network’s annual conference on Nov. 4, the independent broker-dealer’s chief investment officer, Brad McMillan, addressed the major issues on every advisor’s minds, but added his own twist to the received wisdom on the Federal Reserve and the presidential election.

When asked in an interview whether the Fed will raise rates at its Dec. 15-16 FOMC meeting, McMillan answered that “it isn’t a question of raising rates, it’s a question of normalizing rates.”

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