File 033226
Email About Markets and Political Impact on Trump Presidency (File 033226)
Email from New York Times financial reporter Landon Thomas Jr. to Jeffrey Epstein seeking insights on how market volatility relates to Trump presidency and investor sentiment.
Summary
Financial reporter Landon Thomas Jr. emails Jeffrey Epstein on February 15, 2017, inquiring about market behavior during the early Trump presidency. Thomas asks how Epstein discusses market resilience with clients despite political uncertainty, and seeks Epstein's perspective on Trump's awareness of market confidence in his presidency. The email references market metrics like the VIX index, Trump's Dow 20,000 tweets, and potential discussions between Trump and economic advisors Gary Cohn and Barack Obama.
From: Thomas Jr., LandonSent: 2/15/2017 3:48:18 PMTo: Jeffrey Epstein [jeeyacation@gmail.com]Subject: Markets and DJTImportance: HighI am writing a story about how markets keep ripping ahead despite political craziness. VIX so low, etc.You must get a lot of this in talking to clients -- people freaking out about headlines as markets hitnew highs. How do you spin this to them? One hedgie Trump supporter told me that Trump is thehighest beta prez ever -- ie the highs will be high but so will be the lows.Question: how closely does DJT track market moves? I know he tweets about Dow 20,000 but howaware do you think he is about how market really betting big on him. Does he talk to Barrack aboutthis? Cohn?Landon Thomas, Jr.Financial ReporterNew York Timeshttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/landon jr thomas/index.htmlHOUSE OVERSIGHT 033226