Investing Stock Volatility: Retail Traders Embrace Swings from Fed, US Election

Volatility is coming for US stocks. And for a certain kind of amateur trader, nothing could be more exciting.

The world’s largest economy is in an unusual position. A tight presidential election comes as the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for the first time in four years. There is no Wall Street consensus over the future of this year’s tech-driven stock rally or the likelihood of a recession. Tensions in the Middle East worsen by the day.