The campaign fury in the build-up to the US mid-term elections may have been a factor in 'Red October', which saw the S&P 500 take a 10% intra-month hit.
The US economy is on its way to experiencing the longest growth cycle in history. The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates eight times since December 2015 in an effort to normalise monetary policy, and this has fuelled the debate about when the cycle...
Increased by ten percentage points
After the S&P 500 index's 10% rally from the beginning of May to the end of August in dollar terms, investors have begun to question whether further gains are possible by year end.
US heads to the polls on Tuesday