There are decades where nothing happens and weeks where decades happen. This quote by Lenin seems appropriate for what happened last week. The Trump team won by a landslide and has taken the House, the Senate, and the Presidency.

The US presidential election is a highly publicised event, taking place every four years at the beginning of November. The Election Day is fixed as the Tuesday after the first Monday of November in years that are divisible by four. This year, it falls on Tuesday, 5 November.

A sudden spike in the VIX index and shifting monetary policies have left markets on edge. With Big Tech under scrutiny, economic indicators wavering and the US elections around the corner, could we be approaching a turning point for the global economy?