Trump wins. The outside chance political outcome is once again the victor as news outlets and polls have been proved decisively wrong for a second time in six months. Yet for all the scaremongering and populist tendencies he showed in the long and hard–fought election battle against the Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, Trump’s victory speech…
With less than 24 hours to go until the 45th President of the United States of America is announced, markets are once again trading timidly, as tonight’s election is once again too close to call for investors. However yesterday’s second ‘all-clear’ for Democratic nominee Clinton from the FBI in its investigation into her use of a private email…
Shareholders in Assoc. British Foods (ABF) are enjoying a welcome sugar rush this morning as markets react very positively to better than expected FY growth (sales, profits, selling space), helping shares extend an October bounce to levels last seen in late September. A global bond rally reducing financing costs coupled with lower tax and helpful…
Macro observations With November’s central bank updates now behind us, there’s one event this week that will dominate investor and market sentiment. The US Presidential Election. Tuesday’s culmination of 17 months of campaigning and spends of over $100m by both candidates is still hanging in the balance. Democratic nominee Clinton, having been cleared for a second time…
While the focal point of markets over the last week or so may have been the US election, investors could have missed the situation unfolding in Crude oil markets. With many beginning to doubt whether OPEC’s provisional production output cap agreement in Algiers is plausible, reports emerged on Friday stating that Saudi Arabia has threatened to…
4 Nov Marketwatch The loss “comes down to….politics, politics everywhere [with] investors concerned about the outcome of the U.S. election next Tuesday, what the U.K. High Court ruling means for Article 50 and Brexit and a lively French presidential debate before primary elections in two weeks,” said Accendo Markets analysts Mike van Dulken and Henry…