Potential conflict of interest
The lawmaker’s suspected bet against the U.S. economy comes at a time when the Nasdaq 100 Index is up 42% year-to-date — thanks largely to strong performances by technology stocks, particularly those with an interest in artificial intelligence.
Carper’s position on the inverse ETF has been called out by CongressTrading on X.com (formerly known as Twitter) as a potential conflict of interest.
The watchdog group posted: “Senator Carper reports shorting (betting against) the American economy in his stock portfolio. So now is he incentivized to pass laws to ruin the economy so he makes money?”
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