Domestic Politics

Americans might not think they have something to learn from the experience of the British economy, but they would be wrong. Free trade and fiscal discipline are on the ballot in November 2024, and in the recent past, the United Kingdom…

There seems to be a bizarre disconnect between the surging U.S. stock market and the sad state of American politics. Winston Churchill supposedly quipped, “Americans always do the right thing, after they have tried…

As the U.S. Federal Reserve’s three-year reign in the headlines potentially comes to an end, an analysis of this year’s market themes can offer valuable insights for predicting trends and ensuring attractive returns in 2024.Beyond the…

The U.S. stock market is on pace to finish the first month of 2024 on a positive note, with encouraging economic data and fresh all-time highs for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average. History…

Investors should prepare for Donald Trump to be elected president in November. The anger of the electorate that propelled his 2016 victory has increased since he narrowly lost to Joe Biden in 2020. Trump’s acute legal troubles since he…

Last Updated: Jan. 30, 2024 at 11:16 a.m. ET First Published: Jan. 30, 2024 at 10:50 a.m. ET That line above came in a social-media post Monday from Donald Trump, who is widely expected to win the 2024 Republican…

The typical stock market pattern in presidential election years is for first-half weakness and second-half strength.The chart below plots the path that the Dow Jones Industrial Average has taken during the…

The House truly always wins.More than two dozen members of Congress beat the stock market last year despite Wall Street suffering its worst year since 2008, according to an analysis by a stock-trading site. But there was one…

James Galbraith, the son of famed American economist John Kenneth Galbraith — who was a close adviser to U.S. President John Kennedy — has carved out his own career outside the mainstream of American economics.Galbraith began his career…

Last year was a tough one for the renewable-energy sector, and election years bring more challenges as issues involving the environment and climate are politicized, one analyst team said as it downgraded two solar stocks.KeyBanc Capital…