President-elect Trump's nominee to serve as Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has a 3-3-3 plan that aims to curb budget deficits while spurring economic growth and energy production.

A 2017 hedge fund presentation shows how Scott Bessent might go about forming his views on fiscal policy should he be confirmed as Treasury secretary.

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Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary has been a fierce defender of his activist approach to trade.

Investor Scott Bessent has spent his career in finance, working for macro investment billionaire George Soros and noted short seller Jim Chanos, as well as running his own hedge fund.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 440 points to a record close on Monday after President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, laid out his priorities – including tax cuts.

Scott Bessent is stepping out from behind decades of hedge-fund desks into the Treasury Secretary’s office with one goal: to leave his fingerprints on the global economy. President Donald Trump has tapped the 61-year-old economic historian turned hedge-fund manager to take the reins at the Treasury Department.

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, will prioritize delivering on election tax cut pledges, he told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Sunday.

Scott Bessent — the hedge-fund manager tapped to lead the Treasury Department — revealed his top priority will be extending the tax policies of President-elect Donald Trump’s first term and eliminating levies on service workers’ tips,