22 Oct 2020
S presidential election will take place on 3 November 2020. The result will have important implications for investors, as the combination of policies employed by the next administration could have a significant influence on whether the US stock market can continue the outperformance that it has recorded for much of the last decade. Our regularly updated election insights provide investors with all they need to know as the election story evolves.
Investors have quite rightly spent much of 2020 focused on other matters, but the US election is now taking centre stage. Both candidates will be viewing the head-to-head debates in September and October as one of the best remaining opportunities to get key messages out to the masses. Swing state polls have become increasingly noisy in recent weeks, and the political noise is only likely to get louder as an expected increase in the proportion of votes cast by mail raises the risk of a delay in the election result. Hear from global market strategist Hugh Gimber in the video to learn more.