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The Weekly Five

A New Administration: Five Investor Takeaways

With a new administration in Washington, D.C., a host of financial market questions are coming into focus on the implications for policy on trade, AI, investor sentiment and more. We discuss key takeaways in this Weekly Five.

  1. How have corporate America and U.S. equity markets responded to President Trump’s first days in office?
  2. How is the administration targeting investment in artificial intelligence and enabling future U.S. leadership in this space?
  3. Where is the Trump administration’s immediate focus on trade policy, and how might this affect markets?
  4. What is the outlook for Fed policy and interest rates at the outset of President Trump’s second term in office?
  5. How can we expect markets to react to the new administration’s first few months in office?
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