Stocks vs. ‘safe havens’: Two traders on whether gold, bonds are worth buying as election results roll in

Stocks, gold or bonds? With the results of the U.S. presidential election still rolling in Wednesday afternoon, two traders weighed whether stocks or the traditionally “safe-haven” assets were better bets based on the potential outcomes. Stocks and bonds climbed Wednesday despite the race continuing to tighten. U.S. Treasury yields, which trade inversely to bonds, traded lower, with the 10-year yield hitting a two-week low. Gold, which is up for the week, fell on the prospects of the Republican Party maintaining control of the Senate. Many fear a Republican Senate and Democratic presidential victory would bring ...