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Today the focus is on policy and politics. While this is an in-between election day, voters are choosing mayors in at least seven major cities, and states such as Virginia and New Jersey are voting for their governors.

The Fed is widely – if not unanimously – expected to begin tapering down its $120bn-a-month bond purchases this week, aiming to end them by next June.

After cooling off in September, stocks surged to new highs in October as the S&P 500 recorded its best month of the year.

Daily energy market commentary provided by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions Advisory Services' Energy Team.

That also means that traders and investors should start thinking about the impact of the holidays on the markets.

Today kicks off another earnings-heavy week, with around 175 of the S&P 500 constituents reporting, which means that by the end of the week, around 90% of the S&P 500 will have reported.

Will the strong growth trend continue throughout the entire Q3 earnings season? Here are the earnings I'm watching this week.

Some high-profile misses garner a lot of attention, but the most important factors for the long-term trajectory of the market are intact.

On Thursday, GlobalFoundries (GFS), a global leader in feature-rich semiconductor manufacturing, listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, raising nearly $2.6 billion in its initial public offering (IPO). The new listing marked Nasdaq’s largest U.S. IPO by proceeds raised in 2021.

On Wednesday, the cryptocurrency Shiba Inu briefly hit $40 billion in market cap as it closed in on rival dog-themed token Dogecoin, which is currently down more than 50% from its peak earlier this year. 

Looking to excel in the electric car market, Swedish automaker Volvo Cars listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, aiming to raise approximately 20 billion SEK, the equivalent of $2.3 billion, and intends to use these funds to produce a fully electric fleet of cars.

Daily energy market commentary provided by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions Advisory Services' Energy Team.

As we round out a busy earnings week, after hitting new record highs yesterday, U.S. equity indices look to open in negative territory following disappointing results from Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN)

Forward stock splits address tradability issues faced by stocks with high stock prices, which tend to have wider spreads and a high proportion of odd lots at better prices. But what about stocks on the other side of the stock price spectrum – the low-priced stocks?

The past few years have certainly emphasized the importance of health, both mental and physical, and on the diverse attitudes and economics of healthcare around the world.

As we optimistically looked ahead and beyond the pandemic, our buy-side and corporate panelists shared their perspectives on the future of investor engagement, and in particular, the challenge for corporates to attract long-term capital from international and generalist investors

At Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square, we were honored to host the ESG Leadership Forum in partnership with Wall Street Journal, examined topics ranging from the future of ESG investing and raising capital with an ESG narrative to navigating the range of ESG topics and standards.

For the labor market to operate efficiently, it needs mobility and, whether you like it or not, in the modern world, that means across national borders as well as within a country.

Investors intuitively know we live in an economic environment driven by an accelerating rate of change.

Supply chains – from potato chips to computer chips – have struggled since the pandemic started. And CEOs, investors and other food industry stakeholders should be prepared for another bumpy year.