Trump Day-One Winners and Losers Piling Up Fast Across the Globe
- Coal bonds, pharmaceutical stocks ride the political wave
- Right-wing populists in Europe also benefit from U.S. vote
Investing in Donald Trump's Economic Policies
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Donald Trump’s stunning victory is already creating winners and losers in markets and industries around the world, from miners in America’s Appalachian Mountains heartened by his devotion to coal, to Mexican peso traders stunned by a wave of panic selling. Many changes will play out slowly. Others took little time to manifest. Here are some highlights:
Private prisons: Corrections Corp. of America was up as much as 60 percent in intraday trading and the GEO Group Inc. climbed as much as 35 percent on speculation that Trump will use existing private lockups to detain immigrants.