The next one month could be crucial for financial markets and economies across the world. The outcome of the US presidential election will likely have major implications for years. And the big gains made by the ringgit and local equity market could be at risk should Donald Trump win on Nov 5.
The race is too close to call at present as both candidates still have time to win over voters. Both the Republican and Democratic Party candidates have an anti-China stand, amid an increasingly tense geopolitical situation in the Middle East.