Matthew A. Winkler, Columnist

Will the U.K. Vote Against Europe? Markets Vote No

When polls and investors disagree, guess who's usually right.

View from the markets.

Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg
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A week before Britain votes on whether to leave the European Union, polls show that the public's preference is too close to call. Financial markets provide a different view: a persistent expectation that the U.K. will remain. When markets and polls point in different directions, markets tend to be superior prognosticators.

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