This is a place to discuss political aspects to investing, whether it be regulation, taxation, deficit-reduction or the overall political environment. From an investment portfolio perspective, unexpected changes in actions and policies taken by a country’s leaders can greatly impact that country’s financial markets and therefore investing. Nowadays, the actions taken in one country will often reverberate through other financial markets around the world. This risk is referred to as political risk. [1]

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