As the U.S. presidential election gets closer, market “predictions” are showing up in stocks from energy to private prisons. 

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Today on the Brief:

• Market rally to highest point in six weeks
• BTC and ETH up in part on Grayscale ETH trust becoming an SEC reporting company (Grayscale, like CoinDesk, is a unit of DCG.)
• CBDCs (and CBDC skepticism) on the rise

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How markets are trading the U.S. presidential election in November.

A look at what different stock and other market preferences suggests about who Wall Street expects to win the 2020 election, including: 

• Energy
• Private prisons
• Student loans
• Health care 
• Infrastructure
• Dollar
• Bitcoin

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