U.S. dollar climbs overnight as speculation grows Trump in election lead

The U.S. currency's gains extended as speculation grew that Donald Trump was leading Kamala Harris in the U.S. presidential election.

Business - CNBC - 43 minutes ago

Trump Media shares gain 40% in overnight trading on Robinhood as traders speculate Trump is winning

Shares in the former president's media company jumped after the company revealed a surprise earnings statement on Election Day.

Business - CNBC - 49 minutes ago

Solar stocks tumble overnight as Trump leads in election results

Trump's campaign platform calls for the termination of the IRA, which he refers to as the "Socialist Green New Deal."

Business - CNBC - 37 minutes ago

Here’s Why U.S. Consumer Confidence is Climbing Ahead of Election Day

The Conference Board’s monthly report says its index notched the largest gain since March 2021.

Business - Inc. - 6 days ago

Will Russia lead on an alternative to the dollar?

Vladimir Putin pitches an alternative to dollar to Brics partners

World - Financial Times - October 25

The dollar is rallying because investors are making a ‘down payment’ on a Trump election victory

The U.S. dollar has been strengthening in part because investors are growing more confident Donald Trump will be victorious in the Nov. 5 presidential election, according to one Wall Street ...

Business - MarketWatch - October 14

Deficits, Donald Trump and the dollar

How fiscal excess strengthens the currency

World - Financial Times - 6 days ago

Dollar weakens as investors rein in bets on Trump victory

Markets move after poll shows unexpected groundswell of support for Kamala Harris ahead of Tuesday’s election

Business - Financial Times - Yesterday

Tesla jumps in overnight trading as Trump-backer Musk seen benefiting

Shares of Tesla gained as investors priced in the likelihood of a Donald Trump victory.

Business - CNBC - 19 minutes ago

Record-setting teen climber says Sherpas should be leading climbs

A Sherpa teenager who’s won mountaineering celebrity as the youngest person ever to summit the world’s 14 highest peaks called for Sherpas to be recognized as athletes and expedition leaders as ...

Sports - ABC News - October 25

Record-setting teen climber says Sherpas should be leading climbs

A Sherpa teenager who’s won mountaineering celebrity as the youngest person ever to summit the world’s 14 highest peaks called for Sherpas to be recognized as athletes and expedition leaders as ...

World - ABC News - October 25

The top election issue isn’t the economy or immigration — it's Trump's unfitness to lead

Brashness, braggadocio, mockery and brutishness are not strengths.

Politics - The Hill - October 15

Trump closes Harris’s polling lead in election swing states

Republican candidate seizes momentum from Democratic rival with just two weeks left in campaign

Business - Financial Times - October 21

RNC is leading the legal charge for Trump amid echoes of 2020 election chaos

When a local Republican official in Georgia filed a lawsuit this year declaring that election boards did not have a duty to certify results, the lawyer she turned to was part of the legal team who ...

Harris has slight lead over Trump ahead of Election Day: YouGov

Vice President Harris is narrowly outpacing former President Trump just days before Election Day, according to YouGov's final presidential estimate. The election model, unveiled Friday, shows ...

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

Georgia 2024 live election results: Raffensperger says Trump's lead 'insurmountable'

Georgia is considered one battleground this year in the presidential election.

Obama says ‘you can count on Kamala’ at Philadelphia rally – as it happened

This blog is closing now, thanks for following along. You can find all of our US elections coverage here . . Outcry over Trump’s hint at ‘little secret’ with House Republicans Share your ...

World - The Guardian - October 29

Dan Loeb’s Third Point says a Trump win would boost markets, drive up infrastructure spending

Third Point said it believes the Republicans will take control of both the White House and the Senate, leading to deregulation, an increase in U.S. manufacturing, and higher infrastructure spending

Business - MarketWatch - October 18

Trump Versus Harris: How the U.S. Election Is Fueling Stock Market Returns

The S&P 500 has only seen two negative election years in the last seven decades.

Business - Inc. - October 28

Whether Trump or Harris, Pessimism Reigns in Russia Over U.S. Election Winner

Russian officials feel disrespected by the Democrats and betrayed by Donald J. Trump, who lavished praise on President Vladimir V. Putin but made decisions the Kremlin saw as benefiting Ukraine.

World - The New York Times - 17 hours ago

Migrants anxiously monitor U.S. election, fearing Trump win

While Vice President Kamala Harris has promised to keep current limits on asylum, former President Donald Trump has vowed to seal the southern border altogether.

Trump tariffs likely to lead to higher U.S. interest rates, head of Institute of International Finance says

"The assumption is you'll have higher inflation, higher interest rates than you would have in the absence of those tariffs," said IIF CEO Tim Adams.

Business - CNBC - October 23

Why investors are sticking with cash as bond yields climb on election jitters

The Federal Reserve likely needs to cut rates to less than 1% to spur notable outflows, or longer-term Treasury yields need to dramatically rise from current levels, says portfolio manager

Business - MarketWatch - October 24

‘DJT’ stock climbs again after Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group are up 7% in premarket trades.

Business - MarketWatch - October 28

Price tags for Trump, Harris agendas climb in new analysis

The projected price tags for former President Trump's and Vice President Harris’s proposals have climbed in a new analysis, though Trump’s agenda is still estimated to cost roughly twice as much as ...

Politics - The Hill - October 28

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