Presidential elections

As summer heats up, so does the stock market. The S&P 500, as tracked by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY), has an intriguing historical seasonality pattern during presidential election years. Looking back to 1928, an analysis conducted by Bank of America shows that the S&P 500...

Video-sharing platform Rumble (NASDAQ: RUM) announced an exclusive partnership with the Republican National Committee (RNC) to live stream the first debate of the Republican presidential primaries. Set to take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in August 2023, the debate will be hosted and broadcast on...

As Kenya faces inflation, unemployment and exorbitant public debt, George Wajackoyah, one of the four presidential candidates in the upcoming August elections, says he wants to get the economy back on track by legalizing cannabis and farming snakes. Wajackoyah’s rivals, one a former...

By The Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Joe Biden updated his marijuana stance this week, although some advocates say the former VP hasn’t gone far enough. Joe Biden remains full of surprises when it comes to marijuana. The presumptive...

The impact of presidential elections has generally been negative on the stocks, as it disrupts the three seasonally strongest months of October, November and December, according to a note from Argus Research. Analyst Jim Kelleher noted that, since 1980, monthly gains have averaged 1.44 percent in...