2016 presidential election

After pulling out a largely unexpected win, the markets reacted big league to what a Trump administration could possibly mean for banks, U.S. industry and Wall Street. On Thursday's edition of Benzinga's PreMarket Prep morning show, Gary Kaminsky, former vice chairman of Morgan Stanley (...

After a historic short squeeze sent shares of DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) stock soaring from around $4 to above $100 and back again within a matter of days in November, most traders probably assumed the DryShips trading opportunity had sailed. However, recent insider buying suggests there may be...

The Federal Reserve's monetary policy setting arm, or the FOMC is set to sit across the table for one last time this year to deliberate on rates. It's sure an unenviable task, given the fine line central bankers have to tread in deciding the apt course of the monetary policy. A wrong move can...

While investors try to prepare for what could be an unpredictable Donald Trump administration, Wisconsin is quietly undergoing a presidential election recount. The Wisconsin recount was requested by Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who said she has raised funds for a recount in Pennsylvania and...

In the aftermath of the shocking U.S. presidential election results earlier this month, emerging markets equities and exchange-traded funds have slumped. That includes China ETFs, and President-elect Donald Trump's protectionist campaign trail rhetoric could be a reason why Chinese stocks are...

The political ramifications of Trump's ascendancy to the president's office are far too many to fathom. One of the most likely policy changes Trump is expected to bring about is snapping off ties with Cuba, with which the United States resumed diplomatic relations only recently. Understanding The...

Price action confirms that, as expected, emerging markets assets did not enjoy the outcome of last month's U.S. presidential election. The ensuing rally in the U.S. dollar ensured previously hot emerging markets bonds suffered last month as well. Emerging Markets And The U.S. Presidential...

President-elect Donald Trump tweeted that he would leave his business to focus on presidency and avoid any potential conflict of interest. “I will be leaving my great business in total in order to fully focus on running the country in order to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump...

The 2016 U.S. presidential election has had a major impact on Americans in a number of ways. Oxford Dictionaries just selected “post-truth” as the 2016 word of the year. According to Oxford, campaign rhetoric associated with the U.S. election was the primary driver of the selection. '...

The "Trump rally," the term applied to the post-election run-up in equities following the U.S. presidential election, ebbed a bit Monday. One trading day does not define a trend, but it is fair to say some asset classes have enjoyed the stunning election results. ETF Strategies Post-Election That...

Sprint Corp (NYSE: S) stock has had quite the month. The wireless carrier’s stock price has shot up 27 percent since Election Day on November 8 due to speculation that a Trump administration will be more lenient regarding a potential merger between the company and T-Mobile US Inc (NASDAQ:...

Within a week of Donald Trump's surprise election to the highest office in the land, SEC Chair Mary Jo White announced her plans to depart the agency at the end of the Obama administration. Within about a week, three other high ranking officers at the SEC announced that they, too, would be...

Following the recent election of a “more gun-friendly Republican administration and Congress, combined with a sluggish start to hunting season due to unseasonably warm autumn weather through much of the country,” Wunderlich’s Rommel Dionisio noted that sales of firearms and...

While the tech sector as a whole has lagged the market since Election Day, the PureFunds ISE Cyber Security ETF (NYSE: HACK) has gained 3.7 percent, outpacing the S&P 500’s 3.3 percent rise. There has been a number of news events in the cybersecurity space in recent weeks, but the...

Pharmaceutical compounder Imprimis Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: IMMY) first stepped onto the national stage in December 2015, when the company announced its partnership with Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ: ESRX) to distribute a $1 Daraprim alternative following Martin Shkreli and Turing...