remained undecided as neither President Donald Trump or Democratic challenger Joe Biden had secured the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win by early Thursday.
So far, the markets have acted as if the occupant of the White House might be a secondary concern.“Notions that election uncertainty amid threat of a drawn out legal contest for the White House and Congressional gridlock (Democrat House-Republican Senate impasse) would have spooked markets couldn’t be further from the truth though," Mizuho Bank said in a commentary. “Instead, markets have been happy to presume that this Democrat White . . .