A recent incident involving McDonald’s shows how negative news on one company can cause other businesses to suffer as well, but with a delay – an insight that could help small investors reap significant trading profits.Claiming health and safety violations, the Russian government late last year shut down a string of McDonald’s restaurants and put several hundred more under heavy scrutiny. For the average Russian, McDonald’s Golden Arches symbolize American capitalism.The Russian government’s move was viewed as a tactic to “exact revenge on America” for the Western sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Crimea and backing of rebels in Ukraine. McDonald’s …read more
Source: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research