Investors like Scott Bessent because, as a hedge fund founder, he brings to the job an understanding of Wall Street and is ...

In the stock market, Bath & Body Works jumped 19.1% after delivering stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts ...

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said investors demonstrated a belief that hedge fund manager Scott Bessent will be a prudent force as ...

According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 gained 17.81 points, or 0.30%, to end at 5,987.15 points, while the Nasdaq ...

Investors cheered Monday after Friday’s late news that Donald Trump will nominate Scott Bessent as the next Treasury ...

Scott Bessent was a protege of Jewish billionaire George Soros, who is at the center of many antisemitic conspiracy theories.

President-elect Donald Trump announced in a statement on Truth Social Friday that he’d be nominating physician and Fox News ...

Bessent's financial-market credibility could help the administration sell investors on the idea of more tariffs - even if those costs get passed along, said Stephen Myrow, managing partner of Beacon ...

President-elect Donald Trump has endorsed Jimmy Patronis, Florida’s chief financial officer, in the special election for Matt ...

Jonathan Capehart is a Washington Post opinion writer who moonlights as host of “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart” on ...

The longtime hedge fund manager said he is focused on making Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent, as well as eliminating taxes on ...