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Stocks will do better if Trump wins the election, according to this new data

If you own stocks, hope for a come-from-behind win for sitting president Donald J. Trump on Election Day. Or so says the number crunchers at LPL Financial. Since 1950, the S&P 500 has added an average of 9.6% in the year after a president wins re-election. For instance, LPL Financial points to the re-elections of presidents Ronald Regan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama as being particularly bullish for equities — stocks after each re-election rose close to 30%. The opposite has tended to happen… Source link

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Texas joins Trump administration’s antitrust lawsuit against Google

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas joined the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Google, accusing the tech giant of monopolizing the search engine market and controlling how online ads are bought and sold, according to the suit filed Tuesday morning. Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement that the multibillion-dollar company engaged in anti-competitive and… Source link

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Half of Trump supporters believe QAnon’s imaginary claims

A full 50 percent of President Trump’s supporters now believe the bizarre, made-up claims about an international ring of child sex traffickers at the core of the extremist conspiracy theory known as QAnon, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll — a disturbing sign of how susceptible partisans have become to bogus stories in an age of rampant polarization and unbridled social media. The survey, which interviewed 1,583 registered voters from Oct. 16 to 18, shows that most of the… Source link

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The tide turns against Trump as Biden surges to his largest-ever lead among likely voters

With only two weeks left until Election Day, Joe Biden’s lead over President Trump has widened to 11 percentage points — Biden’s biggest margin among likely voters in any Yahoo News/YouGov poll to date.  The survey, which was conducted from Oct. 16 to 18, shows that a majority of likely voters (51 percent) now say they are voting for the Democratic nominee while just 40 percent say they are voting for Trump. Biden’s lead, which is identical among registered voters, has grown by 3… Source link

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Black officers break from unions over Trump endorsements [Video]

Police unions have largely supported President Trump’s reelection, amid mass demonstrations over police brutality and accusations of systemic racism. But a number of Black law enforcement officers are speaking out, saying their concerns over entering the 2020 political fray were ignored. Video Transcript [NO AUDIO] Source link

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Trump attacks GOP senator who accused him of pandering to dictators

President Trump lashed out at Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., on Saturday, calling him “stupid and obnoxious” after he lambasted the president for his coronavirus response and accused him of being friendly with dictators and white supremacists. “The least effective of our 53 Republican Senators, and a person who truly doesn’t have what it takes to be great, is Little Ben Sasse of Nebraska, a State which I have gladly done so much to help,” Trump tweeted on Saturday morning. Trump’s… Source link

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