December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 +0.50%) this morning are up +0.39% after the results of the mid-term elections showed Republicans won control of the U.S Senate in for the first time in 8 years, which is seen as business friendly.

George Soros is one of the best-known investors in the world. His fund holds an equity portfolio worth more than $10 billion.

September E-mini S&Ps (ESU14 -0.27%) this morning are down -0.23% and European stocks are down -0.49% as sectarian strife in Iraq spreads and threatens to throw the country into civil war.