Good economic news is now good for stocks?

IT would be fair to say that Donald Trump is not a universally popular choice as the next US president - today, more than a month after he won the election, there is pressure on the 538 electoral voters to not endorse him when they cast on Dec 19 what is supposed to be a routine vote to usher him in as the successor to Barack Obama.

Yet whatever his failings, there is a chance that his impending ascension to the highest office …