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Markets react to Donald Trump's election win
After Donald Trump won the US presidential election on 5 November 2024, markets moved decisively the next day: US stock futures and the dollar rose and bitcoin surged, as reported by Kitco.
Investors were weighing proposals for lower taxes and lighter regulation against the risk of tariffs and larger deficits. The move was often described as a rotation towards assets expected to benefit from the new administration, including banks, small companies and digital assets.
The following months showed how quickly such first reactions can change: the tariff announcements of 2025 brought a very different market mood.
The takeaway
A market's first reaction to an election is a guess about policy. The policies themselves arrive, and change, later.
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