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Back to EpisodesTrump stock market soars — and wealthy reap gains
Episode 276
Published 5 years, 6 months ago
Description
President Donald Trump regularly promotes the soaring stock market as a barometer of the economy's health. But the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans own 50 percent of the value of stocks held by individual households — and investors aren’t sharing the wealth. POLITICO's Victoria Guida explains how this gap is fueling an increasingly lopsided economic recovery.
Scott Bland is the host of Nerdcast and a politics editor at POLITICO.
Victoria Guida is a financial services reporter for POLITICO.
Adrienne Hurst is an associate producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is a senior producer for POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
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