For some powerful players in the markets, the “worst possible outcome of the US presidential elections” is a US victory. Kamala Harrissaid Katie Martin F.T.. The Democratic candidate’s narrowing, or even disappearing, lead in the polls — coupled with a “huge increase in bets” against his rival in the betting markets — was “enough to convince a significant portion of macro hedge fund managers that Donald Trump was on his way back to the White House.” .

Despite all this, political opinionists still believe that the electiontoss a coinMeanwhile, BlackRock chief Larry Fink argued that the election outcome “doesn’t really matter to the markets”; It’s fair to say that this relaxed stance is not universal. Many believe this. Trump’s policies Imposing “aggressive tariffs on imports” and “crackdowns on immigration” would cause inflation and would have a major impact on bond markets. “For hedgers with this view, Trump’s trade is in pretty good shape.”