Obama Sweeps the Street Clean
We could use a little charisma in the White House after eight long years. There is plenty of time to pick our horses, but Wall Street seems to be betting on Barack Obama to at least place.
Mr Obama received more donations from employees of investment banks and hedge funds than from any other sector, with Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase among his biggest sources of support.
Individual donors included Ken Griffin, the multi-billionaire founder and chief executive of Chicago-based Citadel Investment Group, one of the world’s biggest hedge fund companies.
Mr Griffin gave Mr Obama $4,600 (€3,340, £2,258) in the second quarter of this year - the maximum allowed under US election laws - and other Citadel employees gave a total of $147,550.
Fortress, Lehman and Goldman were also notable contributors to his cause. How do you like dem apples, Hillary?
Finance Sector swells Obama poll funds
FT
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