US To Benefit From Increased Investment Activity Under Trump Admin: Bill Ackman

With Donald Trump set to assume the United States presidency, the possible changes in the fiscal policy, trade, immigration, energy, regulation are in focus. With a probable tougher stance on China, the US could go ahead on the investment front. Bill Ackman, the Chief Executive Officer of Pershing Square has expressed confidence that investments in the country would thrive under Trump’s administration.

Stating that business confidence is a self-fulfilling prophecy, Ackman took to X (formerly Twitter) and wrote, “Business leaders are becoming more confident about the country and the economy. This means they will be making more investments in our future which will drive the economy and the stock market, reducing the cost of capital and bolstering confidence further, catalysing more investment and more growth in a self-reinforcing, virtuous cycle.”

Highlighting that there are an ‘enormous’ number of deals that have been deferred pending a more favourable regulatory environment for transactions, Ackman wrote that Merger and Acquisition (M&A) activity is about to explode. He added, “M&A will drive efficiency, greater profitability and growth. It will also enable the return of capital to investors who will seek to redeploy their profits and proceeds in new investment opportunities.”

As far as the capital investment from the non-US companies are concerned, Ackman shared that these companies were ‘frightened to be locked out of the most important country in the world’. He wrote, “I am also hearing about non-US companies that are desperate to immediately create a presence on U.S. soil…They will build factories and make new investments here to avoid the risk of tariffs and because they don’t have a better place to invest capital.”

Expressing his confidence on the growth prospect, the CEO added that United States has become the best country for investment and the business community is excited about the Trump administration.