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U.S. presidential elections have always dominated the global media and play an outsized role in conversations around the world. But while the U.S. president might be the most important person in the free world, for international real estate investors deciding whether to invest in the U.S. or other major markets, it really doesn’t make much of a difference who wins the election — so long as the vote provides a clear winner.
“If it’s uncontested, the decision between Trump and Biden doesn’t make much difference,” Tristan Capital Partners Head of Investment Strategy and Research Simon Martin said.
You know what you are getting with the incumbent, President Donald Trump, he said.
“And no one looks at Joe Biden and thinks, my view on investment in the U.S. fundamentally changes. There are so many other factors at play.”
A victory for Trump or Biden might change the perception of U.S. real estate investment in some parts of Asia. And the U.S. has some headwinds more generally that might dissuade global investors. But the only thing that really worries investors is a result so close that one candidate cannot…
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