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Trumponomics and Grains of Truth Help Explain Effective Message

In a Fox Business Network interview with Stuart Varney on Tuesday, Donald Trump spoke about markets and economics. He meandered, pulled numbers out of the air, said things that no major-party candidate for President had said before. It was a Trump interview: Confusing. Inconsistent. And also partly true.

Trump’s VP Wears His Opposition to 2008 Bank Bailouts With Pride

Mike Pence wants to remind people that he is a proud and unrepentant opponent of the $700 billion Wall Street financial-rescue plan that as a member of Congress he worked to defeat in 2008, pitting himself against a Republican establishment Trump needs to win over.

Trump Is Richer in Property and Deeper in Debt in New Valuation

In the year that Donald Trump was transformed from a long-shot presidential candidate into the presumptive Republican nominee, he took on more debt and sold at least $50 million of stocks and bonds. At the same time, the value of his golf courses and his namesake Manhattan tower soared.

Wall Street Takes a Hit in Democratic Party’s Platform Draft

Wall Street was hit hard in the latest draft of the Democratic Party’s platform, which reflected the influence of Bernie Sanders by taking a sharp leftward turn from 2012 on a range of issues, from regulation and taxes to support for a $15 minimum wage.