Is irrational exuberance skewing US election betting? October 16, 2020 It has been an extraordinary week on Betfair’s US election markets. An average of £3million traded per day, amounting to around 15% of the total matched since November 2016. That sharp rise in volume triggered two of the most rapid and substantial market moves seen all year – one for each candidate. By the end, [...]
Donald Trump needs to get back to basics on the campaign trail October 15, 2020 Tuesday’s Opinium poll showing Donald Trump trailing Joe Biden by a staggering 17 points will likely be the death knell for the President’s campaign. Even at the nadir of Trump’s 2016 campaign, when a leaked tape showed him bragging about him sexually assaulting women, the President’s poll deficit never dipped below 15 per cent in [...]
US election: Kamala Harris suspends campaign as aide tests positive for Covid October 15, 2020 Joe Biden’s Vice President candidate Kamala Harris has suspended her campaign, after her communications chief today tested positive for Covid. Harris, a Senator from California, has cancelled campaign events until the end of the week as a precaution. The Democrats have been very cautious during the election campaign, deciding against having the traditional large scale [...]
Trump or Biden? Either way, global Britain should prepare to step into the void October 14, 2020 US presidential elections are always closely watched across the pond. This time round, in an exceptional year and following a truly extraordinary administration, the anticipation building in Westminster around next month’s vote has reached a fever pitch. The dramatic twists and turns of American foreign policy over the past four years have heightened anxieties about [...]
Trump vs Biden – should investors really care? October 12, 2020 | City Talk There are two things I’m being asked about constantly at the moment: Covid-19 and the US election. As a former politics student who’s always maintained my passion for the subject, I certainly feel more comfortable opining on the latter. But as an investor, how much should I really care if the next US president is [...]
Boris Johnson tries to court Biden as Number 10 falls off Trump train October 11, 2020 Boris Johnson is reportedly trying to woo US Presidential candidate Joe Biden with Downing Street increasingly convinced that Donald Trump will not be re-elected. Johnson has been shown private polling that shows Biden is on track for a landslide victory, spurring him to try to build ties with the former Vice President. Trump and Johnson [...]
FTSE 100 flat after Donald Trump ends US stimulus talks October 7, 2020 The FTSE 100 flatlined after US President Donald Trump abruptly ended talks between Republicans and Democrats over the next round of fiscal stimulus. London’s blue-chip index was just 0.06 per cent higher at 5,953.6 points as it approached midday. The FTSE 250 was up 0.17 per cent. Read more: US stocks fall after President Trump [...]
US stocks fall after President Trump calls off stimulus talks October 6, 2020 President Donald Trump has called off talks with congressional Democrats on a new stimulus package until after November’s election, sending US stocks sharply lower. Less than 24 hours after being discharged from hospital, Trump said he had instructed his representatives to stop negotiating with the Democrats until after the election. In a tweet the US [...]
Facebook removes Trump post claiming flu is more deadly than Covid-19 October 6, 2020 Facebook today removed a post by US President Donald Trump in which he falsely claimed that seasonal flu was more deadly than coronavirus. The social media site removed the post as it breached its policies on misinformation related to Covid-19. In the post Trump falsely claimed that the flu sometimes killed more than 100,000 Americans [...]
FTSE 100 slips after Donald Trump leaves hospital October 6, 2020 The FTSE 100 slipped and European markets struggled for direction as US President Donald Trump returned to the White House after being hospitalised with coronavirus. The blue-chip index started the morning with modest gains, edging 0.1 per cent higher in early trading. Yet it slipped into the red to stand 0.2 per cent lower shortly [...]