US election

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The US Midterm elections are underway and markets have a preferred horse in the race - the GOP. If that horse gets up in one house of Congress, expect stocks to...

The furore of the Australian Open outbreak highlighted the reality that COVID-19 may be here to stay, despite the widespread preparation for an uninterrupted 2021. In...

Local market was aimless and volatile all day before ending slightly positive. We were catching up from yesterday’s ASX shutdown after the first 30 minutes. US market...

Although still subject to some legal disputation, markets so far have confidently concluded that Democrat Joe Biden will be the next US President. This note assesses...

In this video, Talaria CIO Chad Padowitz talks through some of the impacts of a Biden win on global markets, including the recent Pfizer announcement of a potential...

Investors could be forgiven for missing the RBA’s latest cut that saw the local cash rate plumb new depths of 0.1%, given competing headlines from the Melbourne Cup...

A podcast double-header this week, thanks to an election special on the day of. Scroll down for a summary of each episode in various formats. Additionally, timestamps...

The US election outcome is largely irrelevant for investors, whose focus should remain on the race for a COVID vaccine; structural and transient trends flowing from...

The Australian dollar is emerging stronger from what was always likely to be a volatile week. It dipped under 70 cents on Monday, its weakest point since July. Then on...

In this most unpredictable of years, is today the point of maximum uncertainty? As you read these words, the list of things we don’t yet have an answer to is long and...

Australian company share buybacks have skyrocketed past $10 billion this year, as boards tap equity markets to shore up balance sheets against the pandemic onslaught. ...

The dominance of the U.S. over global markets has long meant that its Federal Elections also influence investment activity on an international scale. The 2016 results...

Today marks one week until what has become one of the most polarising elections in US history - an election that could have the highest voter turnout since 1908. We...

My drive into the Sydney CBD was a stop-start crawl of around 45 minutes in pre-COVID times – I’m now often parking the car 20 minutes after leaving. But the trip was...

America votes for a new President next Tuesday. If, however, you are expecting to wake up on Wednesday morning knowing who will be in the White House for the next four...

While the US stock market has fallen slightly this week, it is still up substantially over the past few months and volatility measures suggest reduced concern over the...

Options markets are exhibiting two unusual dynamics at the moment that can provide some insight on investor positioning and sentiment. For contrarians, the signals...

The gold price fell by more than 3.50% in US dollar (USD) terms during September, undergoing an overdue correction after the explosive gains seen earlier in the year....

We sat down with Hamish Douglass, CIO of Magellan Asset Management to discuss global opportunities amid COVID-19. In this interview, Hamish discusses the gap between...