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Nov 2024
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Behind the Money: Wall Street, tech and ...

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Who will corporate America's winners and losers be under four more years of Donald Trump? This week, the FT’s Brooke Masters, Stephen Morris and Jamie Smyth explain what changes a second Trump administration will bring to three crucial sectors: Wall Street, tech and energy.


This is an episode of the Financial Times podcast Behind the Money. If you like what you hear, click here to listen to more episodes.


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For further reading:

Can the renewables boom withstand Trump?

A Wall Street giddy over Trump should remember history

Who’s who in the Musk ‘A-team’ vying to shape Trump 2.0

Trump 2.0: winners, losers and Elon

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On X, follow Brooke Masters (@brookeamasters), Stephen Morris (@sjhmorris), Jamie Smyth (@JamieSmythF) and Michela Tindera (@mtindera07), or follow Michela on LinkedIn for updates about the show and more. 


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