Category: Stock Exchanges

How Stocks Tend to Perform If Midterm Elections Lead to Divided Government

The U.S. midterm elections are not only an event that decides the fate of political power in Congress but also something that affects the stock markets. In a note to clients, Jim Reid, a markets strategist at Deutsche Bank, pointed out that midterm elections are one of the “best historical buy signals for equities,” according…


GOP Senators Urge SEC to Investigate Chinese Companies on American Stock Exchanges

A group of Republican lawmakers are urging the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, to investigate Chinese companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges, after “billions of dollars were snatched” from American investors following a crackdown on firms by officials in China. Senators John Kennedy (R-La.) Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Marsha Blackburn…