Election alarm: Which outcome would be best for investors?

Campaigns are now in full swing for one of the most unpredictable general elections in recent memory. The polls are still anything but clear: exactly who will be standing on the steps of 10 Downing Street as prime minister next month is as uncertain as ever. Last week, the Tories had moved into a three-point lead ahead of Labour in the most recent Opinium/Observer poll, following a positive reaction to Chancellor George Osborne's ‘Comeback Britain' Budget earlier this month. James Dowey, chief economist at Neptune Investment Management, commented Osborne's expectations the UK's govern...