Betting markets declare a Clinton victory over Trump

Stocks (^DJI, ^GSPC, ^IXIC) are managing a small rally after Monday’s presidential debate. The tech sector (XLK) is leading, while energy (XLE) is in the red. Alan Valdes, director of floor operations at Silverbear, joins us live from the New York Stock Exchange.

To discuss the other big stories of the day, Alexis Christoforous is joined by Yahoo Finance’s Rick Newman and Thomson Reuters correspondent Bobbi Rebell, author of “How to be a Financial Grownup.”

Who won the streaming war Monday night?

Let’s start with the biggest story out there, last night’s presidential debate. Early indications are that TV ratings were huge, but may not have lived up to Super Bowl expectations. TV wasn’t alone, of course, in showing the debate. Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo and others streamed the debate live. Our own Dan Roberts checked out Facebook’s and Twitter’s debate streams. Who did it best? Check out his review on Yahoo Finance.

Trump reiterates US is shipping jobs overseas

Sticking with the debates, Trump pounds the table saying “China is eating our lunch” and “Mexico is killing us.” He says free trade deals are bad for America because they ship jobs overseas. But there are many benefits to free trade that help both American workers and consumers.

Presidential betting markets weigh in, and the winner is …

Now let’s talk money and politics. After the debate, the betting world put its money on Hillary Clinton, with the odds of her winning rising 6 points to 69% on one popular site. Early today her odds of winning were a bit lower, at 67 cents for a contract on the PredictIt.com site—meaning a 67% probability of a win. Trump’s odds fell as low as 31% after the debate. They’ve bounced back a bit now.

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