YAHOO FINANCE ELECTION GUIDE What the 2024 campaign means for your wallet CCC - CoinMarketCap ? USD Doge Eat Doge USD (OMNOM-USD) Follow 0.00000006 +0.00000001 (+20.29%) As of 8:54 PM UTC. Market Open. Data provided by Related Crypto News Nasdaq swings higher, stocks see upside at Election Day start US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) are opening to some upside this Election Day, as the Nasdaq Composite leads market indexes higher Tuesday morning. Morning Brief host Seana Smith and Yahoo Finance markets and data editor Jared Blikre monitor the latest trends in Treasury yields (^TYX, ^TNX, ^FVX), Big Tech stocks, and an array commodities attached to the so-called "election trade," as Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump face off in the US presidential election. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Morning Brief here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan. 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CoinDesk ? yesterday BTC-USD Equity funds, Trump vs. Harris trade, Southwest: Top Stories US equity funds saw their biggest weekly outflows in over a month last week, totaling $5.83 billion, as Wall Street contends with market volatility and has begun pricing in the Federal Reserve's next interest rate decision to come later this week. Investors are watching a variety of stocks linked to the respective Trump and Harris trades ahead of Election Day this Tuesday. Southwest Airlines (LUV) names Rakesh Gangwal as its new board chair. Yahoo Finance special reporter Rachelle Akuffo recaps several of the biggest market stories this morning. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Wealth here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan. Yahoo Finance Video ? yesterday FSLR ^IXIC CNC CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: UNI Falls 8.6% as All Market Constituents Trade Lower Aptos also joined Uniswap as an underperformer, declining 7.6% from Friday. CoinDesk ? yesterday XRP-USD BTC-USD Bitcoin Likely to Rally After the U.S. Election, Irrespective of Who Wins, History Shows: Van Straten Whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump becomes U.S. president probably won't dictate bitcoin’s price growth. CoinDesk ? yesterday BTC-USD Bitcoin Pulls Under $68K as Crypto Markets Falter Ahead of Election At least according to betting markets, the U.S. presidential election has moved to nearly a 50/50 race versus an easy Trump victory just days ago. CoinDesk ? 2 days ago ADA-USD Ethereum Researchers Relinquish EigenLayer Roles Over Conflict of Interest Concerns Researchers Justin Drake and Drankrad Feist set off a controversy in May when they revealed that they'd accepted big token payouts from EigenLayer, raising conflict of interest concerns. CoinDesk ? 3 days ago ETH-USD Mag 7 earnings, election volatility, bitcoin: Market Takeaways As US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) are looking ahead to next week's lineup — the 2024 presidential election and the Federal Reserve's November FOMC meeting — let's look back on some of the day's biggest market trends. Yahoo Finance markets and data editor Jared Blikre comes on Asking for a Trend to recap the five-day moving average on the megacap tech stocks that reported earnings this week — including the Magnificent Seven's Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Meta Platforms (META), and Microsoft (MSFT). He also monitors pre-election volatility's (^VIX) influence on Treasury yields (^TYX, ^TNX, ^FVX), and bitcoin's (BTC-USD) year-to-date pullback as it rallies ahead of the election and flirts with staying above its $70,000 benchmark. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Asking for a Trend here. 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