Knowledge at Wharton Jeremy Siegel on the Impact of the November 7 Elections
Nov 15, 2006
12:14
As the polls had widely anticipated Democrats defeated the Republicans in Congress and also gained control of the Senate by a narrow margin in the U.S. mid-term elections in early November. As attention now turns to the Presidential elections of 2008 President George W. Bush will need to find ways to increase bi-partisan cooperation with Democrats like Nancy Pelosi who is poised to become the first female Speaker in U.S. history. What do the mid-term elections mean for investors and the stock markets? How will they affect American relationships with emerging economies like China and India? What will be the fate of Bush’s tax cuts? To discuss these questions and more Wharton finance professor Jeremy Siegel who leads Wharton Executive Education’s Securities Industry Institute program spoke with Knowledge at Wharton.
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