What's wrong with politics? It might not be red versus blue, but rather elderly versus non-elderly.... Read More
One final update on the Georgia elections as voters go to the polls today... Read More
In the last few days, the betting market has priced in a larger chance for Democrat victories in the Georgia Senate runoff. Incumbent Kelly Loeffler (R) is now expected to lose her race. Incumbent Dave A. Perdue (R) is now in a toss-up race. The probably Republicans retain control of the Senate is also a toss-up at 54%.... Read More
In today?s installment of Talking Data, Jim offers new insights into the Georgia Senate elections next week (January 5).... Read More
Betting markets still give Republicans a 74% chance of retaining the majority of the Senate. Polls are diverging from bettors and showing a more mixed race.... Read More
Betting markets still give Republicans a 68% chance of retaining the majority of the Senate. The polls have actually also turned in favor of Republicans now.... Read More
Betting markets still give Republicans a 71% chance of retaining the majority of the Senate. They are seemingly at odds with the polls that suggest this is a much closer race. Polls were off going into election day by consistently overstating the Democrats' strength.... Read More
Collectively the Georgia Senate runoffs are tightening according to a recent poll. The next few days will see some important milestones.... Read More
The upcoming Georgia Senate races could have a big impact on the makeup of the government over the next couple years. As of this writing, Republicans are expected to maintain control of the Senate.... Read More
With election day finally upon us, we check in on the polls and betting markets one last time.... Read More
With one day to go, the divergence between betting markets and polls remains very wide. The difference may be due to differing opinions on a "hidden Trump vote." Pollsters do not think it exists, but betting markets do.... Read More
While polls are tightening and Biden still has a comfortable lead, the betting markets continue to see this as a closer race.... Read More
With eight days left to go until the election, polls and betting markets are still showing varying degrees of certainty in their predictions. While both groups expect a Biden victory, the betting markets appear to be more closely aligned with the market.... Read More
While polls are tightening, Biden still has a comfortable lead. The betting markets see this as a much closer race.... Read More
A look at the polls and betting markets... Read More
Our podcast series, Talking Data, offers timely insights into macro data and its impact on the economy and markets. In today's installment, Jim offers his insight on the election and the divergence between polls' and investors' opinions.... Read More
Risk markets could come under renewed pressure as investors and betting markets price in a stronger chance of a Biden victory.... Read More
For weeks we have noted prediction markets and investors are aligned with each other but are not aligned with the polling averages. This is unusual. Tonight's debate should start the process of resolving this divergence.... Read More
Trump held true on his promise to cut regulations when he took office in 2016. In the past few years, however, the number of pages in the Federal Register have slowly crept higher.... Read More
Bettors still see Biden and the Democrats having a slight edge in the upcoming election.... Read More