Following Monday’s presidential debate, many traders are now more uncertain than ever which candidate will be the next president and what that will mean for the economy and the stock market. With the November elections just weeks away, now may be the perfect time to try to "election-proof" your portfolio.

Since the start of this year, bank-heavy exchange traded funds, such as the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLF) and the SPDR S&P Regional Banking (ETF) (NYSE: KRE), have been hoping and waiting for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.

Monday's presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton was watched by tens of millions of people. So, when Donald Trump blasted Janet Yellen and the U.S. Federal Reserve, he did so in front of one of the largest audiences at one of the most watched television events ever.

For some investors, negative interest rates have a certain stigma of doom and gloom attached to them — but it shouldn't be, at least according to Denmark.

Interest rates have been negative in Denmark for a longer period than any other country on the planet, and the country's head of the bankers' association has some interesting commentary.