Equity investors have to be “very very cautious” about prospects in the near term amid a spike in uncertainty, according to Alavan Business Advisory’s Alistair Newton, as Donald Trump and Joe Biden remain locked in a close race for U.S. presidency.
There’s no way that U.S. election results are going to be declared tonight, considering the large voter turnout, the co-founder and director at the firm told BloombergQuint’s Niraj Shah in an interview. “I don’t think this is good for the markets. Investors hate uncertainty.”
As of 2:45 p.m. Indian time, Biden had 238 votes, while Trump had 213. States like Georgia, Pennsylvania, Alaska, Wisconsin are yet to declare their results. While neither candidates managed to secure the mandated 270 votes of the electoral college, Trump falsely declared that he had won the re-election bid and called for the U.S. Supreme Court to…