Beyond the US Election
On January 20th 2017, Donald J. Trump will be the new President of the United States of America. After years of intense campaigning and an election result met with both jubilation and disappointment at home, global financial markets quickly went into a frenzy of volatility and uncertainty. This is to be expected while the world determines whether the US President-elect’s policies match his often-divisive campaign rhetoric.
An extraordinary time for global financial markets, Trump’s victory saw investors flee to and return from safe haven assets as they considered the implications of such a historic event. Overnight traders from New York to Hong Kong were caught off guard by a result that defied all odds and polls.…