Election catches investors off guardpublished at 07:03 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Kamal Ahmed
Economics editor
Uncertainty - we'll be hearing a lot more of that word over the next few days.
Uncertainty over the form the next government will take.
Uncertainty over the Brexit process and the country's approach to it, and our largest trading partner, the European Union.
Uncertainty over the economic policies the country will follow - a Conservative-led or Labour-led mix which are very different propositions.
And whether there might, ultimately, be another election.