US Election Day – Risks for financial markets - Westpac

Analysts at Westpac published a brief note on the financial markets’ expectations both ahead of and on the US Election Day itself.

Key Highlights:

With the US election just days away, markets and polls have been rocked by news of a fresh FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails. We believe a Trump win would have larger long-term global ramifications than Brexit.

Election results will be released during Asia-Pacific trade Wednesday 9 November. Here we take a brief look at what we could expect in financial markets both ahead of the results and on the day itself.