Wall Street hoped Scott Bessent would keep Trump in check. He had other ideas.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a successful hedge fund manager straight ... Wall Street’s initial favorable reaction to Bessent, a George Soros protégé who had little track record in Republican ...
Scott Bessent, Trump's unexpected gunslinger at the US Treasury
The 62-year-old financier, who learned the ropes with George Soros's teams in London, is pushing, as the head of the US ...
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Can an Old Soros Theory Help Bessent Steer Markets?
Jonathan Levin is a columnist focused on US markets and economics. Previously, he worked as a Bloomberg journalist in the US, Brazil and Mexico. He is a CFA charterholder. US Treasury Secretary ...
Bessent defends Trump tariffs: ‘Access to cheap goods’ is not the ‘American Dream’
International economic relations that do not work for the American people must be reexamined,” he said at the Economic Club ...