It’s official: Wall Street loves Hilary Clinton more than Donald Trump.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting, using data from Center for Responsive Politics, Wall Street hedge funds are pouring big money into the Clinton campaign. In fact, there is an immense gap between the Clinton and Trump campaigns. Perhaps those speeches she gave to Wall Street paid off in the end.
In total, hedge fund owners and employees have contributed $122.7 million to campaigns this election cycle, which is double than the entire 2012 election cycle. But who exactly are they supporting?
Hillary Clinton: $48.5 million
Donald Trump: $19,000
Here is a break down of the numbers:
Hillary Clinton
- Saban Capital Group: $10,036,238
- Renaissance Technologies: $9,518,800
- Pritzker Group: $7,873,257
- Soros Fund Management: $7,873,257
- Paloma Partners: $8,108,400
Donald Trump
- Argyle Investment: $2,700
- Teakwood Capital: $1,500
- Tall Ship Capital: $1,000
- Vann Investments: $1,000
- James River Capital: $1,000
Here are some of the biggest hedge fund donors so far this year:
To be fair, Wall Street is betting that Clinton is going to win the election in November so they want access to the White House. It’s similar to what we’ve seen with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails leak (SEE: Media Collusion & Rewarding Big Donors: 5 of the biggest findings from DNC emails leak). It’s strictly politics.
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