Biden drops out, backs Kamala Harris: 6 hot takes for investors

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President Biden stunned the world by announcing he will not seek re-election. He also announced that he will be supporting Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement on the Democratic ticket. But not everyone in the Democratic party has anointed Harris as the torchbearer, with former President Obama staying on the sidelines with his endorsement.

As if presidential election season wasn’t already chaos for investors, so begins a leap into the great unknown in terms of trading and long-term wealth building. Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi and Washington correspondent Ben Werschkul serve up some of the top takeaways for investors now that the presidential election landscape has been totally upended.

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