Michael (Mike) Edwards is deputy chief investment officer and chief administrative officer at Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC. Edwards joined the Firm in 2019. Previously, he was the Head of US business for Arrowgrass Capital Partners, as well as a member of the executive committee and global head of event-driven strategies. Prior to that, Edwards was in the special situations group at D. E. Shaw & Co. and an M&A banker in Credit Suisse's technology group. He is a graduate of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School, summa cum laude.
What are the strengths, limitations, and nuances of presidential election cycle theory and what does the current political context foretell regarding whether 2023 will follow the predicted trend?