Politics

Listen to this story. Your browser does not support the element.THE PAST year has brought war to the Middle East, escalation of the trade conflict between the West and China and, on July 13th, an attempt to kill the frontrunner in America’s presidential race. But if you look at financial markets, you’d think nothing was amiss. No amount of…

General elections affect stock markets. The uncertainty around their outcome typically increases market volatility before votes are cast. Markets also continue to adjust after an election takes place as the policy priorities of the newly installed government become apparent.A clear margin of victory and a returning incumbent tend to reduce…

Two hundred years ago, the United States of America spent about $15 million and purchased a strip of land in a historic deal known as the Louisiana Purchase. Buying this territory — about 2 million square kilometers— from Napoleonic France, nearly doubled the size of the United States. For comparison, the US is three times the size of India. US…

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In summary The total stock portfolio of the Legislature was worth as much as $112 million last year but experts say the public should know more about a politician’s total wealth. Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect…

John Hancock Investment Management co-Chief Investment Officer Emily Roland discusses how a pullback in tech stocks could impact the overall market on 'Making Money.' A bipartisan group of senators has reached an agreement on legislation that would ban members of Congress from trading stocks. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., joined Democratic Sens.…

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump on Monday labeled a sharp drop in the stock market “the Kamala Crash,” linking to the ascension of Vice President Harris as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. “Of course there is a massive market downturn. Kamala is even worse than Crooked Joe,” Trump, 78, wrote on social…

Still, under those circumstances, if there’s a Trump victory: Expect more and higher tariffs, which could disrupt trade and be inflationary, and hurt “the consumer discretionary, industrials, and information technology sectors,” in the view of UBS, the financial services company. Mr. Trump would probably manage to lower taxes and increase the…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rebounded as falling oil prices release some of the pressure that built up on the market. The S&P 500 rose 1% Tuesday and clawed back its loss from the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0. NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rebounded as falling oil prices release some of the…

FOR 28th November 2022By News18/ Updated: November 28, 2022, 05:55ISTMinute-by-minute news updates of happenings from around the world, with special focus on India. From daily coronavirus news about the probable third wave, number of infections, vaccination, and reopening of places and activities to all developments in the fields of politics,…