Abstract
We analyze bank stocks and credit default swap (CDS) spreads around the U.S. presidential election on November 8, 2016. We find a strong rally in bank stocks combined with an overall widening in bank CDS spreads during the days after the announcement of the election result. Following Donald Trump's victory, market participants appear to anticipate a lowering of financial sector regulation, particularly with respect to the Dodd-Frank act. In addition, we find that Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) reacted more positive than non-G-SIBs, with stocks having larger gains and CDS remaining relatively stable. Non-G-SIB stocks, on the other hand, gained less and their CDS widened, indicating less favorable changes from deregulation than for G-SIBs.
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