Posted on 07/25/2024 1:18:39 AM PDT by definitelynotaliberal
Wall Street grew so frustrated with US President Joe Biden’s antitrust policies over the past three and a half years that many long-standing Democratic dealmakers considered switching their support to Donald Trump in the 2024 elections or even boycotting the ballot altogether.
But two events have dramatically changed that stance in the past fortnight: Trump named JD Vance as his running mate and Biden dropped his re-election bid, endorsing his vice-president Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination.
Mergers and acquisitions practitioners are now reconsidering their electoral strategies. They consider Harris to be potentially more moderate than Vance, who is seen as an economic populist who could double down on the antitrust policies initiated by Biden’s trustbusters.
"Vance espouses this anti-corporate, populist & isolationist creed that big business, international trade, Wall Street, mergers, immigration, etc are all designed to hurt ‘real Americans’,” said a top dealmaker.
“Vice-president Harris is a moderate who has spent her life enforcing the law respecting precedent.
(Excerpt) Read more at ft.com ...
Wall Street and K Sttreet have been selling out Main Street to China for 30+ years.
She is to the Left of Bernie Sanders.
“Vice-president Harris is a moderate...”
LOL... That right there is some funny Bovine schit!
author’s claims don’t seem credible.
Rethink all you want....Harris is TOP of ticket—for the moment-— Vance is not.
Do not trust this guy with your investments.
Lol….the FT actually describes, in writing, the radical Harris as “ more moderate” than JD Vance?
Full. Stop.
Buyer beware of the Financial Times. If they lie and deceive in this case they are suspect in all cases.
More propaganda. FFT.
The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs. Based in London, the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, Nikkei... It is a noted bullsheet operation, as this article proves once again.
The market will go down as Kamala’s daily polls go up.
Thanks for the information.
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