Investors take bets on US elections

Thoughts of a possible Democrat victory in 2020 are already giving some concern to investors.

With a US presidential election now only a year away, banks are starting to analyze the stock-market risk and potential of candidates.

A Democratic Party nominee has yet to be chosen, but it looks like a close race between Elizabeth Warren and former vice-president Joe Biden – with Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg in third and fourth place.

RBC Capital Markets released a report in October that pointed out that a possible Democrat victory is giving some concern to investors, given that Warren, Biden and the majority of the party’s other candidates say they will bring in higher taxes and stricter regulations.

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