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AI Policy Fears Grip Stock, Bond Traders With Midterms Days Away
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AI Policy Fears Grip Stock, Bond Traders With Midterms Days Away Wall Street expects Democrats to win at least one of the houses of Congress in the US midterm elections on Tuesday, setting the stage for a potentially volatile ride in the stock and bond markets with artificial intelligence oversight, defense spending and crypto legislation on the table. A UBS basket of stocks tied to Republicans has plunged since hitting a peak in August, badly lagging the S&P 500 Index.
AI Policy Fears Grip Stock, Bond Traders With Midterms Days Away
Wall Street expects Democrats to win at least one of the houses of Congress in the US midterm elections on Tuesday, setting the stage for a potentially volatile ride in the stock and bond markets with artificial intelligence oversight, defense spending and crypto legislation on the table.
A UBS basket of stocks tied to Republicans has plunged since hitting a peak in August, badly lagging the S&P 500 Index. One major area where this could show up is in the AI trade that has been driving the stock market for the past few years, as Democrats are expected to push for stricter regulation and oversight of the technology. Meanwhile, local governments are under pressure to block data centers from being built in their communities.