Politics

In the heart of a political showdown, as the nation edges closer to the 2024 presidential face-off between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and her Republican challenger, former President Donald Trump, a different kind of battleground is quietly brewing — the financial markets. Investors are aligning their sights not just on the…

Larry Berman on this week's Educational Segment. Over the past 10 days, the odds of Donald Trump becoming U.S. President have increased. This has implications down ticket to be sure, but it’s too close to call in the swing state battle grounds. We think the best outcome for markets overall is likely “gridlock” with a Kamala Harris White House…

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group swung wildly at the opening bell Friday, falling rapidly after it appeared that the owner of social networking site Truth Social, would bounce back despite the conviction of the former President Donald Trump in his hush money trial. A New York jury found Trump guilty of falsifying…

US economy is doing very well, and it's unclear if the Federal Reserve needed to lower interest rates, wonders Ed Yardeni, President of Yardeni Research. However, since they did, it's good news for the stock market.Talking to CNBC-TV18, Yardeni also spoke about the upcoming US Presidential elections, predicting that it will be a close race. He…

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Monday after U.S. stocks rose to records to close out their latest winning week. U.S. futures also were mixed and oil prices climbed. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng sank 1.5% to 20,869.39, while the Shanghai Composite gained 0.2% to 3,268.11. The A-share index of the…

A version of this post first appeared on TKer.coIs a U.S. president from one political party better for the stock market than one from another party?If only things were that simple.The answer to this question often varies depending on whom you ask. And most answers will come with all sorts of caveats including: "Well, this president inherited…

Indian National CongressMr Gandhi has accused top BJP leaders of giving misleading financial adviceIndian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has demanded an investigation into a stock market crash that hit investors at the end of the general election.He accused top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders of making misleading predictions about stock…

In equity investing, it's very important to cut out the noise. On Tuesday, after considering the election results, the Nifty tanked almost 6%. This is a knee-jerk reaction to the optimism built up by the exit polls, which had driven the markets up by 3% on Monday. In my view, both these events are noise.So what is not noise? The fact that BJP is…

More than 10 years after Congress passed laws cracking down on insider trading among members, lawmakers are still beating the market and inspiring new funds based on their trades.…

"But as investors, we know that we should not fear them as they come and they go and so I guess what I am trying to say is that there will be more storms, but we should remain invested," says Mark Matthews, Julius Baer.For a market which was struggling two weeks ago, whether it was China, whether it was Middle East crisis, US macro data, global…