FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Is Mitt Romney breathing new life after the controversial campaign? It appears so after his first debate in front of Barack Obama. Polls show 56% of uncommitted voters say their opinion of Romney has changed for the better, while 13% say that about the President, according to Mark Knoller, CBS News White House Correspondent. According to results of CNN-ORC Post-Debate flash poll who won the debate, Romney 67%, Obama 25%. +_ 4%.
“Gov. Romney took an appropriately aggressive and challenging tack with respect to the President’s positions while, at the same time, providing generally more persuasive arguments in support of his own proposals,” said Chris Sullivan, chief investment officer at United Nations Federal Credit Union. “The performance of Gov. Romney may be enough to further narrow the polls in certain closely-contested states and may also be supportive of risk markets forward from here.”
A summary of the debate from Wilmer Stith, a portfolio manager at Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors Inc.: “I think Romney is more effectively focused on hot button issues than the President: jobs, regulations, wasteful spending. In the very short run, I think the markets will take a little comfort from Romney’s good performance. But then again, the race will become even tighter and thus raise the level of political uncertainty and fiscal cliff fears.”
“Gov. Romney took an appropriately aggressive and challenging tack with respect to the President’s positions while, at the same time, providing generally more persuasive arguments in support of his own proposals,” said Chris Sullivan, chief investment officer at United Nations Federal Credit Union. “The performance of Gov. Romney may be enough to further narrow the polls in certain closely-contested states and may also be supportive of risk markets forward from here.”
A summary of the debate from Wilmer Stith, a portfolio manager at Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors Inc.: “I think Romney is more effectively focused on hot button issues than the President: jobs, regulations, wasteful spending. In the very short run, I think the markets will take a little comfort from Romney’s good performance. But then again, the race will become even tighter and thus raise the level of political uncertainty and fiscal cliff fears.”
