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Market Concerns Persist Amid Government Interventions

Updated 2026-09-04 11:40 UTC 1 source Negative

Government efforts to calm global markets through interventions like currency buying and bond buybacks are failing, causing investor worry. Traders are preparing for potential midterm-election-related market volatility.

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MarketWatch

Potential midterm-election chaos can roil markets. Here’s one trader’s play.

Buying portfolio insurance to protect against falls in the market — if the outcome of the midterm elections is disputed — is so obvious to Kevin Muir, he regards it as a “chip shot.”

2026-09-04 11:21 UTC

MarketWatch

Governments keep trying to calm global markets. Why that should worry investors.

Government interventions, such as currency buying and bond buybacks, are supposed to reassure markets. But lately, they are doing the opposite.

2026-09-04 11:27 UTC