Incumbent President Biden’s uneven performance during the debate yesterday with his predecessor and challenger, Donald Trump, has reduced Biden’s perceived chance of winning re-election significantly. Financial markets have not reacted much to this development, but we continue to think that a second Trump presidency would put upward pressure on the dollar, bond yields, and pose a headwind to equity markets.
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