Scott Bessent Sees a Coming ‘Global Economic Reordering.’ He Wants to Be Part of It.
Scott Bessent spent the past 40 years studying economic history. Now, as Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Treasury ...
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Who Is Scott Bessent? Wall Street Is Delighted by Trump’s Treasury Pick
Scott Bessent, founder and chief executive officer of Key Square Group LP. Photo: Getty Images. When Donald Trump ...
Scott Bessent’s Job: What the Billionaire Does for a Living
Bessent is married to his husband, John Freeman. Freeman is a former New York City prosecutor. Bessent and his husband, ...
Scott Bessent Warns About The Bubble And Threatens The Fed's Independence
Read here for a discussion of Trump's Treasury nominee's grim view of market bubbles, blames on Fed, advocates for reforms, ...
Scott Bessent’s hedge fund has seen up-and-down returns
Key Square Group, the hedge fund started by Scott Bessent in 2015, has seen its assets under management drop sharply over the ...
Bessent Will Have to Fix America’s Finances. Good Luck With That.
Managing the US Treasury market and the nation’s fiscal trajectory will be a lot more daunting than markets seem to recognize ...
Stock market today: Dow surges 440 points to record high as investors cheer Bessent as Treasury pick
Stocks rallied and yields plunged as markets cheered Scott Bessent as Trump's pick to run the Treasury. The Dow and the ...
Dollar slips with bond yields on Treasury nomination
Bessent has been openly in favor of a strong dollar and has supported tariffs, suggesting any pullback in the currency might ...