"Barron, I'm glad that the Mars Fund can open a window for investment again."
"In fact, I am considering opening the investment window of the Mars Fund from twice a year to once a year."
In front of Barron at this time was Robert Kennedy Jr. of the Kennedy family.
Last time the Kennedy family invested part of their money in the Mars Fund, they are very satisfied with the returns so far.
Therefore, after the Mars Fund opened its investment window again in April, they decided to make additional investments.
And not only their family, but other members of the Boston consortium have also joined in investing in the Mars Fund.
After Barron said the above, Robert Kennedy Jr. asked in confusion:
"Why should we reduce the window time for fund opening?"
"Because many of our investments need to be based on long-term investment, especially now that the trend of economic recovery has emerged, if we open it too frequently for new investments or supply redemption funds, it will inevitably affect the returns of other investors."
After thinking about Barron's explanation, Robert Kennedy Jr. also expressed his approval.
Robert Kennedy Jr. was born in 1954 and is exactly 50 years old this year. His father is Robert Kennedy, the elder brother of President Kennedy. He once served as the Attorney General of the United States. Later, he was assassinated while participating in the US election after his brother's death.
Before Barron was reborn in his previous life, this member of the Kennedy family had just announced that he would participate in the American election. However, in Barron's view, the hope was not great. After all, many of his views... how to put it, in fact, he hoped that someone with such views could become the President of the United States.
Now, Barron has come to Boston.
As mentioned before, Amanda Hearst went to school here, and after the two became close and their relationship warmed, Barron accompanied her back here from Los Angeles and met some members of the Kennedy family.
This year is the presidential election year in the United States. As an important member of the Donald Trump Party, the Kennedy family is naturally very active.
As mentioned before, the election process for the President of the United States is long and cumbersome. If we count from the start of the formal procedure, it takes about 10 months and is roughly divided into four stages.
The first stage is the primary election, in which supporters of the Donald Trump and Elephant parties elect their own candidates for the presidency on a state-by-state basis. The election period is approximately from January to June.
The second stage is that the Donkey and Elephant parties will hold their respective national conventions to formally launch their respective candidates for president and vice president and put forward comprehensive campaign platforms, which will take place around July and August.
The third phase is the final sprint, from Labor Day in the United States (the first Monday in September) to the official voting on the first Tuesday in November.
The fourth stage is the Electoral College vote.
Primaries are essentially elections within a political party and are regulated by each state's election laws.
Because the primary election dates in different states vary, the entire primary election was dragged out for a long time, taking up nearly half of the campaign time.
Whether a political party participates in a state's presidential primary is decided by the party itself.
Generally speaking, the primary process does not officially end until June, but as long as the election results of more than half of the states, including the major states, are released, the basic outcome will be roughly revealed.
The "Super Tuesday" on the 2nd of last month had such an indicative significance. On that day, 10 states held primaries simultaneously. At the same time, with the participation of these 10 states, 28 states completed the primaries. Every candidate in each party already knew whether he or she could represent his or her party in the presidential election.
With Kerry's resounding victory on Super Tuesday and Edwards' announcement of his withdrawal from the race, the primaries have effectively entered their final stages.
Barron knew that it was the same in the original time and space, and Kerry eventually won and became the candidate of the Donald Trump Party.
Since the current president is in an unchallenged position in the Elephant Party, the Elephant Party does not need to hold a primary election in this year's election, so the primary election becomes a one-man show for the Donkey Party.
This kind of situation has been rare in past U.S. presidential primaries.
In this year's primary election, the Donald Trump Party was a fierce competition, with eight competitors vying for the nomination of the party's leader. Among them, the heavyweights included:
Massachusetts Senator Kerry, North Carolina Senator Edwards, former Vermont Governor Dean, retired four-star General Clark, Gore's 2000 running mate Connecticut Senator Lieberman, and House Donald Trump leader Gephardt.
The appearance of several heavyweights boosted the morale of the Donkey Party's supporters and ignited their ambition to take back the White House from the Elephant Party again after Louis Vuitton.
As one Donkey Party candidate said: "Bush and the Elephant Party are extreme, we are the mainstream force, and we will stand up and fight them!"
The Donkey Party's preliminary election activities are also in full swing and very lively.
The most dramatic scene in this year's primary election was that Kerry, who had previously ranked low in the Democratic primary's support rate, defeated Dean, who was the most popular candidate, at the beginning of the campaign and continued to lead in the subsequent elections.
From January 19 to February 17, Kerry won 15 primaries in 17 states, forcing other Democratic candidates, including Dean, to withdraw from the race, leaving Edwards as the only competitive opponent.
In fact, Kerry had already secured victory at this time, and the reason why Edwards continued to compete with Kerry was mainly from the perspective of the Democratic Party's campaign strategy...
This is because, since the start of the primaries, the ups and downs of the Democratic Party's candidates have dominated the domestic television and newspaper networks in the United States, becoming the news that Americans pay the most attention to, objectively serving as "free advertising" for the Democratic Party.
The Donor Party does not want to end this suspense too early, but hopes that this "free advertising" can maximize the campaign effect for the Donor Party, which has always been short of funds.
In fact, although he knew the final election result, Barron still contributed some funds to the Donkey Party, but the amount was lower than what he paid to the Elephant Party.
Since this year's general election pre-election became a one-man show for the Donor Party, voters supporting the Donor Party were mobilized in advance, and the media also focused the election on the Donor Party, thus creating a social environment that is relatively favorable to the Donor Party during the pre-election stage. This is particularly evident in some recent opinion polls.
For example, a joint poll conducted by CNN, America Today and Gallup on February 16 and 17 showed that if the presidential election were to take place now, Kerry would win over Bush by 55% to 47%, and Edwards would win over Bush by 54% to 44%.
At the same time, it should be pointed out that it will be quite difficult for the Democratic Party to maintain this state after the primary election, because Bush, whose financial strength far exceeds that of Kerry, is basically still in a state of sitting on the mountain and watching the fight between tigers, and has not really participated in the battle.
At the same time, the Elephant Party's election machinery has not yet been launched, and in terms of election organizational capabilities, the Elephant Party has always been stronger than the Donkey Party.
Kerry, who is currently clearly in the lead of the Donald Trump Party, is a member of the Massachusetts Congress, which is the base of the Boston Consortium.
Kerry has a very close relationship with the Kennedy family. In fact, when there were no politically outstanding members among the descendants of the Kennedy family, Kerry was already the representative of the Kennedy family and inherited most of their resources.
Barron knew that although Kerry did not win the election this time, he led the Democratic Party to two subsequent victories and served as Secretary of State. He was a force that could not be ignored in American politics.
So Barron will not hesitate to support him.