Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said on CNBC Tuesday that the stock market is "way over leveraged" and will one day "implode" because of it.
Why it matters: Markets plunged more than 500 points on Tuesday after open, following a massive drop on Monday. Icahn said he doesn't believe "this is the explosive time" for the stock market, however its turbulent state is a sign of "things to come."
Democrats are twice as likely as Republicans to worry about in-person voting — with nearly two in three seeing it as a large or moderate risk to their health — according to this week's installment of the Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index.
Why it matters: This could pose a significant disadvantage for Joe Biden and other Democratic candidates in November if the pattern holds — especially in states where high infection rates persist, or where there are significant hurdles to mail-in, absentee or early voting.
President Trump said in an interview with “Axios on HBO” that he thinks the coronavirus is as well-controlled in the U.S. as it can be, despite dramatic surges in new infections over the course of the summer and more than 150,000 American deaths.
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