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Thoughts on the Market

Special Episode: Markets Parse Election Results, Jobs Report

Thoughts on the Market

Morgan Stanley

Global, Macro, Fixed Income, Strategy, Equities, Business, Markets, Economics, Alternatives, Investing

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

All eyes are on the U.S. Presidential race as markets also weigh climbing coronavirus cases in the U.S., fiscal stimulus uncertainty and October’s jobs report.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Thoughts on the market. I'm Andrew Sheets, Chief Cross Asset

0:05.8

Strategist for Morgan Stanley research. And I'm Ellen Zentner, Chief

0:09.1

U.S. Economist, and on the special edition of the podcast will be talking about the impact of the

0:13.8

U.S. election and the coronavirus pandemic for both the economy and markets.

0:17.8

It's Friday, November 6th at 9 a.m. in New York.

0:21.4

And 2 p.m. in London.

0:23.4

So Andrew, overnight Vice President Biden

0:26.0

took the lead in Georgia, and he just

0:27.9

pulled ahead in Pennsylvania.

0:30.0

Now, this would put him within striking distance

0:32.0

of the presidency, although, as we've all learned,

0:34.8

nothing is for certain.

0:36.6

But let's talk hypothetical here and say the Vice President wins the White House.

0:41.7

Given what looks like a divided government scenario,

0:44.2

how should investors be looking at asset classes

0:46.8

in regions right now?

0:48.3

Thanks, Ellen.

0:48.8

So first, as important as a presidential election is, there remains a bigger story that we think is also unchanged,

0:56.7

that the broader global economy is going to continue to recover, and that the global equity

1:02.3

and credit markets remain in a bull market and we think

1:05.2

those were forces that were in place before the election and will remain in place

1:08.5

after the election. I think this is also an election that could have important implications for the US dollar and other foreign

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