Opinion
Donald Trump should take Scott Bessent’s advice
Centrally planned economies always fail. This was the case made by renowned hedge fund manager and future Donald Trump treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent in a June speech to the Manhattan ...
Bessent: We're In The Middle Of A Bretton Woods Realignment, "I'd Like To Be Part Of It"
Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of the Treasury, in an interview on the 'Capital ...
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What Trump’s appointment of a Soros protege tells us about the right’s real priorities
President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of George Soros protege Scott Bessent to lead the Treasury illustrates the right's ...
Trump’s Tariff Message: I’m in Charge of the Economic Agenda
The president-elect’s market-friendly appointments to Treasury and other agencies brought relief to investors. The trade ...
The ‘Trump bump’ has survived tariff announcements—but will it survive the good, the bad, and the unknown in his cabinet?
Trump's picks fit into three groups: the fortifiers (the good), the detractors (the bad), and the mercurial influencers who ...
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Trump’s picks for key positions in his second administration
President-elect Donald Trump has filled the key posts for his second term in office, prioritizing loyalty to him after he ...
Trump’s Cabinet And Key Jobs: Covid Lockdown Critic Jay Bhattacharya Picked To Lead NIH
Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from consideration as attorney general and was replaced by Pam Bondi, as Trump names RFK Jr., Pete ...
Musk uses X to push his preferred political picks. Trump isn't always swayed
Billionaire Elon Musk has been using his social media platform X to go to bat for President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet ...
China, Mexico warn against trade war after Trump vows to hike tariffs
Donald Trump says he will impose a 25% tariff on goods coming from Mexico and Canada, plus an extra 10% on Chinese goods.
Equities report: Mixed signals from US equities
Major US stock market indexes seem to send some mixed signals as the Dow Jones, maintains a clearer upward movement, Nasdaq ...
The total wealth of Trump’s cabinet is $340 billion — more than the GDP of 169 countries
The total wealth of Trump’s cabinet is $340 billion — more than the GDP of 169 countries - Several billionaires and wealthy ...
Heard on the Street: Why Scott Bessent's Oil Math Doesn’t Add Up
Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary pick, Scott Bessent, has a deficit-reduction plan that includes the U.S. producing an extra 3 million barrels of oil-equivalent a day. Not only does that energy plan ...