No point predicting the future: US election in an unusual year

Planning, not fortune-telling, key to withstanding impact of result

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When investors gazed into their crystal balls at the start of 2020, very few anticipated the US Presidential Election would be shunted as far down the priority list as it has been for much of this year. Yet over the past few weeks, all eyes have been focusing in on 3 November.

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