While the stock market continues to march higher, investors still have a lot of concerns. There’s the fear of missing out as certain individual stocks like Nvidia have turned in stellar performances. And then there are concerns about rising oil prices, lingering high interest rates, and the November elections. All the uncertainty is causing investor emotions to run high and can impact investing decisions. Kevin Horner, senior manager on the Charles Schwab Trading Services Education Team and a coach on Schwab’s Trader Talk webcasts on YouTube, joins host Mike Townsend to talk through investors’ key concerns and the impact they are likely to have on the markets—and to share tips on how traders work to stay data-driven and keep emotions out of their investing.

In his Washington update, Mike discusses tax proposals from the presidential candidates, the big changes in leadership coming to the FDIC, the trickle-down effect those changes could have on the CFTC, and the new format for the presidential debates.

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