As US voters head to the polls today with voter turnout fairly strong in key swing states, last minute UK bettors seem to be putting their money solidly on a Hillary Clinton victory. UK bookmakers' odds on Hillary are dropping today to the 1:5 range, indicating that bettors are calculating an 83% chance of a…
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With the latest US polls showing a too-close-to-call US Presidential election less than a week from the actual vote, the odds of a Hillary Clinton victory has been steadily dropping at some of the leading UK bookmakers taking bets on the election outcome. As recently as two weeks ago some of the bookmakers were calling…
Read moreWith now less than three weeks to go, we thought that we would take a quick look at what UK oddsmakers and bookmakers are saying the 'real' odds are right now of either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump winning the US Presidential election on November 8. Unlike polls, oddsmakers' numbers aren't estimates or polled people saying…
Read moreIs it the calm before the storm? Or just plain ol' calm? With Brexit Referendum Day finally here and UK residents well into their day of voting, financial markets were behaving quite nicely with a very clear positive risk-on bias. In the UK, the FTSE 100 was up 1.5% two and a half hours into…
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