Trump’s victory shows the flagging influence of mainstream media
Trump’s victory shows mainstream media could be losing its influence. The campaigns in this year’s presidential election have shone a light on the waning influence of mainstream media. From podcasts and gaming streams to Substacks and TikTok debates, politicians have moved their fight to new media battlegrounds. The shift has been ongoing for nearly a…
Trump’s first 2 years will be shaped by who wins the House. We may not know the outcome for days.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is projecting confidence after the GOP flipped several Democratic-held seats in the Midwest. Donald Trump is now the president-elect, and Republicans have gained control of the US Senate. But we still don’t know who controls the House of Representatives, and the outcome will have major implications for the first two years…
The best writing we’re finding around the web on why Trump won, Harris lost, and what it all means
Experts offered a variety of reasons for Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election. There’s been an avalanche of analysis following Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election on Wednesday, as experts sought to explain how the former president won a second term. They’ve offered a variety of reasons, ranging from a populist…
Trump did well in deep-blue states, a sign of his broadening appeal
Trump didn’t just sweep the swing states. He also kept his margins closer than expected in some Democratic-dominated states. President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris was powered by his sweep of the “battleground” states that both candidates contested. But Trump also did unusually well for a Republican presidential candidate in several heavily…
Mark Zuckerberg played it safe with Donald Trump this election. That strategy worked.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg deemphasized politics on his platforms — a decision that might serve him well now that Donald Trump has won. Mark Zuckerberg has been burned before. In the elections of 2016 and 2020, Facebook came under intense scrutiny. (And it’s still going on: There was a Supreme Court hearing Wednesday over lingering…
This fund manager up 97% this year thanks to an under-the-radar stock is B-17 investor of the month for October
Earlier this year, we started highlighting some of the top-performing fund managers each month as a way to highlight money managers delivering impressive returns who might be flying under the radar. Narrowing selections isn’t the easiest task. Do you consider all funds, even those leveraged for outsized returns? What about funds listed outside the US,…
3 post-election reasons why stocks will rise into year-end, Goldman says
With the presidential election wrapped up, Goldman Sachs anticipates that the stock market will keep moving higher. The S&P 500, Dow Jones industrial average, and Nasdaq 100 all hit all-time highs on Wednesday after Donald Trump’s presidential-election victory pleased investors anticipating his pro-business policies. According to analysts led by chief US equity strategist David Kostin,…
Ukraine bonds rally on Trump’s victory amid his pledges to end the war
Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin after the Helsinki summit in 2018. Bond investors appeared optimistic about the potential for Donald Trump’s second term to bring an end to the war in Ukraine, with Ukraine bonds linked to the country’s economic growth rallying after the US election. According to Bloomberg, Ukraine’s dollar-denominated GDP warrants…
Read the NYT’s postelection memo urging open-minded, fair, and ‘unflinching’ coverage
The New York Times urged its newsroom on Wednesday to be open-minded, fair, and “unflinching” in its coverage after former President Donald Trump’s stunning election victory. “We are likely entering a period of change and uncertainty beyond anything America has experienced in our lifetimes,” newsroom leaders wrote in a memo to staff that B-17 obtained.…
