There’s only one thing that matters this week: the US Presidential election. And we are in the topsy turvy world where the markets, and business people, are worried that the Republicans might win … because their candidate is one Donald Trump, who could do anything, and probably will.
After the latest revelations about the FBI investigating Hillary Clinton, markets are now holding their collective breaths because Trump is once more gaining on Clinton. Will he catch her? And how will markets react if he does… or doesn’t, and Clinton wins? We’ll find out on Wednesday. Maybe – unless the count drags on, or there’s a challenge.
Here’s a chart of the latest polling:
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