Biden Vs. Trump: What Do the 2020 Presidential Elections Hold for Europe’s Economy?

Trump and Biden on boxing match with Merkel as referee

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In the past four years, it has become apparently clear that Europeans are not especially fond of Trump’s presidency. So much so, in fact, that, according to the Pew Research Center, some would go so far as to place more faith in Chinese President Xi Jinping – the heart of a well-oiled Communist regime – in “doing the right thing” than in the current U.S. president.

This is why Brussels and Europe, in general, have placed such great hopes on Joe Biden – the presidential candidate who is believed to be able to reforge the transatlantic alliance, re-enter the U.S. in the Paris Agreement and revoke the trade tariffs, imposed by the Trump administration, on China and the U.S. allies, among other things. But will this really be the case?

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Goldman Sachs Exceeds Wall Street Expectations, Posts Record EPS

Earnings release of Goldman Sachs

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On Wednesday, one of the leading U.S. banks, Goldman Sachs, announced better-than-expected Q3 2020 results due to strong bond trading and asset management performance. Shortly after the news, the bank’s shares rose by an extra 0.6% on top of the 2.2% gains achieved in premarket trading.

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Are Safe Haven Assets Becoming Extinct?

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Reading time: 5 minutes

In a matter of months, the COVID-19 pandemic grew from a considerable health threat to a global financial crisis. What followed was a torrent of sell-offs and fund transfers to so-called safe havens, such as gold, government bonds, and the Japanese yen, which quickly weakened the stock markets to an extent comparable only to the worst of market recessions.

The en masse and almost simultaneous investor migration from medium- and high-risk financial instruments to traditionally strong assets in times of crisis inevitably had us asking the question: what are the hidden risks of investing in safe havens in 2020?

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