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Scott Bessent: “38% of American households have no investment in our great…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Published | Video Starts at 01:56

So and there are about 70 million the eligible children. So we're off to a running start and getting that up. And there are going to be two components here. 38% of American households have no investment in our great equity markets. And we want everyone to share in the bounty that is the US in our innovation, in our capital markets, in this economic engine greatest in the history of the world. (01:56–02:03)

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Asserts that 38% of American households do not invest in equity markets.

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