2016 presidential election

Small-cap stocks and exchange-traded funds have been obvious leaders since the November 8 presidential election, a pointed confirmed by the widely followed Russell 2000 hitting an all-time high Monday. Speaking of all-time highs, 151 ETFs accomplished that feat Monday with approximately 30 being...

Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares are down 5.1 percent since Election Day as the market weighs what could be an unpredictable Trump presidency for alternative energy stocks. However, according to Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry, Donald Trump is actually the perfect U.S....

Now two weeks removed from Election Day, it is not a stretch to say one of the safest spaces of all has been the U.S. equity market. Those looking for tactical safer spaces can certainly find them with myriad sector and industry exchange-traded funds with much of that safety coming from financial...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) has gone crazy after Kanye West’s controversial comments made on his now canceled Saint Pablo Tour, ranting on everything from Donald Trump and racism, to Jay-Z and Beyoncé. Hashtag "Kanye Party Is Over" (#kanyepartyisover) has been trending on the social media...

In the wake of Donald Trump’s election upset, the political establishment that predicted a Hillary Clinton victory has been wracked by doubt and self-reflection. Commentators have taken particular ire with pollsters, as most leading models showed Clinton ahead in the polls up until late...

The iShares MSCI Mexico Inv. Mt. Idx. (ETF) (NYSE: EWW) is in a well-documented tailspin. Down nearly 12.1 percent year-to-date, the largest exchange-traded fund tracking stocks in Latin America's second-largest economy is one of this year's worst-performing single-country emerging markets...

The latest Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Amazon Prime ad was heart-warming stuff. Was it merely a promotional one or was it meant to take a dig at President-elect Donald Trump? Reading between the lines, news outlets have given their spin of the tale. The ad is seen as the latest salvo fired...

Railroad companies Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) and Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) could have a lot on the line if Donald Trump follows through on his protectionist campaign promises. While most analysts have focused on Kansas City Southern due to its exposure to Mexico, Loop Capital...

RBC Capital Market's lead internet analyst Mark Mahaney was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment on Friday to talk about the "FANG" stocks and their performance over the past few weeks. Oh, What's In A FANG? The "FANG" group is an acronym that groups together some of the hottest tech stocks of...

Putting personal politics aside for a moment, it is not unreasonable to assume that investors who were long biotechnology stocks and exchange-traded funds into Election Day are happy with the outcome. Leading up to Election Day, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and her harsh rhetoric against high...

Steven Wieting, Citi Private Bank's global chief investment strategist, was a guest on CNBC's "Markets Now" to offer his take on the post-election stock market surge. According to Wieting, stock markets are very quick and efficient in pricing in "announcement effects" — that is, new QE...

Although Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) reported its FQ1 results ahead of expectations, the Q2 guidance was significantly below consensus, driven by weak orders in telco. Analyst Jess Lubert of Wells Fargo maintains an Outperform rating on the company. FQ1 Results Cisco Systems reported its EPS...

President-elect Donald Trump has never shied away from offering glimpses of what his energy policy would look like. Gordon Johnson, a notable solar analyst, cited the U.S. election results as one of a small handful of reasons why he downgraded the entire solar sector to Market Underweight with a...

The North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, had not been widely discussed until the latest presidential campaign. However, Donald Trump’s repeated comments and criticism made it quite notable. “[NAFTA] was one of the worst things that ever happened to the manufacturing...

Investors aren’t quite sure what to think following the election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States. So far, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) is up roughly 1.4 percent since the election, implying cautious optimism among the investing community. Considering...