Business trends, risks and companies to watch in 2025

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : The return of Trump has brought a marked optimism to Wall Street.
58% : Now, thanks to his close relationship with Donald Trump and personal involvement in an initiative to reshape the US government, xAI could be well placed to play a pivotal role in the administration.
58% : Shares of Tesla have risen nearly 70 per cent since Trump won the US election, on hopes it will benefit from its chief executive becoming one of Trump's most influential advisers.
56% : In May, US utility Allete was swallowed by Global Infrastructure Partners and CPP Investments for $6.2bn, while Brookfield and Temasek have agreed to buy Paris-listed Neoen.
55% : "As a major investor in green energy in the EU, US and UK, German utility RWE is a bellwether for the shift to cleaner energy.
47% : California's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, has indicated Tesla could miss out on lucrative tax rebates that the state is considering for EVs.
42% : How much more that share will expand in 2025 will depend on whether governments continue to provide subsidies, or roll them back as Trump has promised to do in the US.
41% : Trump looms over everything, heightening uncertainty.
36% : With its complex supply chain and close business ties in China, Tesla is unlikely to avoid the effects of wide-ranging tariffs that Trump has threatened against goods imported to the US.
34% : But Trump has promised to end the war "very quickly", and the prospect of a pause in the conflict is rising.
21% : Expect Wall Street's "barbarians" to storm through the gate that Trump opened.

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