Geopolitical Risk Heightens With Biden Out

Laurent Lequeue, Independent Market Analyst

22-Jul-24 07:00

Geopolitical Risk Heightens With Biden Out

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Overnight, President Joe Biden has pulled out of the presidential race. Laurent Lequeue, Independent Market Analyst and Writer of The Macro Butler Newsletter gives us his views on how markets will react to this and what are the defensive strategies to adopt.

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Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by: Keith Kam, Wong Shou Ning

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Categories: markets, international, politics

Tags: president joe biden, us presidential race, market reaction, stock markets,

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