Trading years that feature midterm elections (the year 2022) tend to exhibit lower returns and elevated levels of volatility.
But from a more global perspective, political influence on the 2022 trading year extends well beyond North America, and not only because of rising tensions on the shared border between Russia and Ukraine.
Importantly, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) will select a president in 2022 during a massive political event in China scheduled for November.
