⁍ Investors on Wall Street can add another layer of uncertainty to a market already unnerved by last month’s sell-off.

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⁍ A higher capital gains tax that could accompany a win by Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is also emerging as a potential counterweight to this year’s powerful rally in stocks.

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⁍ Biden has proposed here taxing capital gains and dividends as ordinary income, which would increase the tax rate from 20% to 39.6% for individuals and couples earning over $1 million.

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– If Joe Biden is elected president, investors on Wall Street might be tempted to lock in gains before the end of the year. Biden has proposed raising the capital gains tax rate from 20% to 39.6% for individuals and couples earning over $1 million, the highest tax bracket, Reuters reports. That policy—which would likely be easier to enact if Democrats also win the Senate and retain control of the House—may push some investors to lock in gains ahead of December if Biden emerges the winner in the Nov. 3 vote. Tax-motivated selling would likely be most pronounced in technology and other momentum stocks, and could push the broad S&P 500 index lower between November and the end of the year, said Eddie Perkin, chief equity investment officer at Eaton Vance. “If you have enough people looking to harvest gains, that has an impact on the stocks that have led the market, and the big tech stocks could be where people choose to sell at the end of the year,” he said.