Trump Made More Than 3,700 Trades

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Looks like Trump's been a-tradin' a lot!

Reminds me of a story...
Years ago, I worked at a big financial company and we were told NOT to trade stocks without we got permission. This was dumb because being in tech, I had no insider information. We had to declare our accounts and I declared mine. By mistake I made a trade one day and they caught it and I was reprimanded. So every time I wanted to buy/sell, I had to get "permission" by faxing in a form. Yes this was a long time ago (2007).
I got fed up and I started trading from my wife's account. If the C levels made zillions, I could make a few thousands myself without their dumb rules encroaching. I wasn't making illegal money anyway. Until they sent out a company wide email that they would crack down on people trading without permission. That scared me so I sold everything right away.
What luck that turned out to be, that market tanked about 10 days after I sold everything because of the financial crash due to the "Great Recession" of 2007. Just pure luck.

So my whole point is, why are everyday poors (like me in 2007) prevented from trading to get ahead even when there are is no insider information, but the top management can and even the President of the country can when they are market makers?

The laws need to change. The richer and powerful get away with a lot by just changing the rules to suit themselves.

Trump's More Than 3,700 Trades Astonish Wall Street Insiders
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/trump-traded-nvidia-boeing-intel-030913697.html

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(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump's latest financial disclosures show that he or his investment advisers made more than 3,700 trades in the first quarter, a flurry totaling tens of millions of dollars and involving major companies that have dealings with his administration.


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The transactions, spelled out in more than 100 pages of documents filed Thursday with the US Office of Government Ethics, list purchases and sales in broad ranges, making it hard to calculate an exact value. But the volume of trading more than 40 per day over a three-month period stands out as much as the potential dollar value.

"This is an insane amount of trades," said Matthew Tuttle, chief executive officer of Tuttle Capital Management, in an interview, adding that it looks more like something done by "a hedge fund with massive algo trades" that buys and shorts securities than a personal account.
In the first quarter, the president bought at least $1 million each in companies including Nvidia Corp., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp., Boeing Co. and Costco Wholesale Corp., according to the documents. Other trades involved eBay Inc., Abbott Laboratories, Uber Technologies Inc., AT&T Inc. and discount store Dollar Tree Inc.


Exposing Hypocrisy - one CEO at a time
BusterAg
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Awesome.

Congress should impeach all elected officials that made any trades in the companies that Trump traded. DC would be way better after.
Logos Stick
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That many trades are algo trades. Trump is not phoning a broker with insider info.

I would restrict politicians to index funds only.
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So Trump makes a filing with the ethics office overseeing this stuff and fully discloses it and it's public information but somehow this is Trump doing insider trading or similar?

Your hate for those who have more than you is truly bizarre.
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A spokesperson for the Trump Organization earlier said that the president's holdings are independently managed by third-party financial institutions who have control over all investment decisions, with trades executed through automated processes. Trump, his family members and his company play no role in making transactions, the spokesperson said. They receive no advance notice of trading activity and provide no input, she added.

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The headline is supposed to excite you not the details.

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The 26 largest transactions fell in the $1 million to $5 million range. Most involved municipal bonds issued by states, counties, school districts, and other government-linked or public-private entities. U.S. Treasuries also appeared prominently in this category.


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Logos Stick said:

That many trades are algo trades. Trump is not phoning a broker with insider info.

I would restrict politicians to index funds only.


IMO they should also be allowed to invest in target date retirement funds or some mutual funds. Other than that pretty much nothing else.
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He or his family? I thought he handed over his business stuff to his children.

President Donald Trump does not run his day-to-day business operations while in office. Instead, he transferred the management of the Trump Organization and his other assets to a family-managed trust, with his adult sons Donald Jr. and Eric overseeing daily operations.

While he is legally separated from daily management, several key details outline the structure of his businesses during his presidency:

Asset Structure: His holdings were placed in a revocable trust. Under this arrangement, he can receive money from the trust and communicate with his trustees.

Family Involvement: His sons and other family members maintain executive roles across his empire, which includes the Trump Media & Technology Group and World Liberty Financial.

Official Stance: The White House maintains that President Trump has "no involvement" in family business deals and acts in an ethically sound manner.

Continued Scrutiny: Ethics watchdogs and critics point out that because he still owns the Trump Organization, he and his family are positioned to profit from his public service through ongoing deals, licensing agreements, and promotion of his family-run businesses.

For a deeper look at the operational timeline and background on Trump Organization or review the OpenSecrets Trump Properties breakdown.

I have not looked at this, but here is the link.

https://www.opensecrets.org/trump/trump-properties
I don’t get enough credit for the things I manage not to say.
doubledog
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New Flash. Trump is the first U.S. President in our life time to loose money while in office.

We should all invest in the nothing-burger fast food franchise, because there is a lot of those burgers these days.
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Minor detail you left out:
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A spokesperson for the Trump Organization earlier said that the president's holdings are independently managed by third-party financial institutions who have control over all investment decisions, with trades executed through automated processes. Trump, his family members and his company play no role in making transactions, the spokesperson said. They receive no advance notice of trading activity and provide no input, she added.

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flown-the-coop said:

So Trump makes a filing with the ethics office overseeing this stuff and fully discloses it and it's public information but somehow this is Trump doing insider trading or similar?

Your hate for those who have more than you is truly bizarre.

flown-the-coop
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I did enjoy the retelling of how one can defraud their company because they don't think a policy is fair and favors the guys who run / own the companies.

If you know about how most frauds and white collar crimes begin, it's starts with someone feeling they have been aggrieved in some perceived way and their actions are justified to make things "fair".

It's sad to see but it's consistent.
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Got him!
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Gap said:

The headline is supposed to excite you not the details.

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The 26 largest transactions fell in the $1 million to $5 million range. Most involved municipal bonds issued by states, counties, school districts, and other government-linked or public-private entities. U.S. Treasuries also appeared prominently in this category.




Yep, and this is likely a muni bond ladder which has a ton of churn in it that Trump is not paying a damn bit of attention to. I know because we have one and that's where a decent portion of our cash flows from. It's the only thing I have our FA managing for us because I don't have the time to mess with that. You are going to have bonds maturing often in these things because that's the nature of how they work.
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TACO Trump!
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You can create all the rules you want, but good luck with the watchdog and enforcement. You are relying on career bureaucrats that are largely far leftist.

Illahan Omar can make a 40 million dollar error and it's no big deal.

Be a Trump appointee and it's a colonoscopy level of scrutiny. Not gonna hide anything under a spouse or child either.
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One of Trumps stated upsides is that we don't have to worry about him needing personal enrichment b/c he's a billionaire.

I hope there's an explanation for this.
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flown-the-coop said:

So Trump makes a filing with the ethics office overseeing this stuff and fully discloses it and it's public information but somehow this is Trump doing insider trading or similar?

Your hate for those who have more than you is truly bizarre.

So Pelosi makes a filing with the ethics office overseeing this stuff and fully discloses it and it's public information but somehow this it Pelosi insider trading or similar?

All investments should be in broad index funds with no trading allowed once they are set (they could add to them at a preset date each month) for all members of Congress, executive branch leadership and Federal Justices including the Supremes.
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Top management, just like every other employee, can't trade on inside information just because they are management. It's a violation of federal securities laws. In fact, top management are often prohibited from trading much more often than your 'everyday poors'
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If Trump was a CEO he would really be on your **** list.

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Kansas Kid said:

flown-the-coop said:

So Trump makes a filing with the ethics office overseeing this stuff and fully discloses it and it's public information but somehow this is Trump doing insider trading or similar?

Your hate for those who have more than you is truly bizarre.

So Pelosi makes a filing with the ethics office overseeing this stuff and fully discloses it and it's public information but somehow this it Pelosi insider trading or similar?

All investments should be in broad index funds with no trading allowed once they are set (they could add to them at a preset date each month) for all members of Congress, executive branch leadership and Federal Justices including the Supremes.

You might be embarrassing yourself as you aren't aware that Nancy Pelosi has her husband Paul Pelosi doing all of their trading and she just doesn't have any idea why or how he makes his decisions.
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Kansas Kid said:

flown-the-coop said:

So Trump makes a filing with the ethics office overseeing this stuff and fully discloses it and it's public information but somehow this is Trump doing insider trading or similar?

Your hate for those who have more than you is truly bizarre.

So Pelosi makes a filing with the ethics office overseeing this stuff and fully discloses it and it's public information but somehow this it Pelosi insider trading or similar?

All investments should be in broad index funds with no trading allowed once they are set (they could add to them at a preset date each month) for all members of Congress, executive branch leadership and Federal Justices including the Supremes.

With Pelosi there is a whole mountain of data indicating inside information.

With Trump, it's that the algorithm his advisers used bought a bunch of muni bonds with zero indication Trumps investments were outperforming others.

Or… Trump is a scumbag manipulating markets and enriching himself through his office. That's much more plausible cause he knows he will get away with it.
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flown-the-coop said:

Kansas Kid said:

flown-the-coop said:

So Trump makes a filing with the ethics office overseeing this stuff and fully discloses it and it's public information but somehow this is Trump doing insider trading or similar?

Your hate for those who have more than you is truly bizarre.

So Pelosi makes a filing with the ethics office overseeing this stuff and fully discloses it and it's public information but somehow this it Pelosi insider trading or similar?

All investments should be in broad index funds with no trading allowed once they are set (they could add to them at a preset date each month) for all members of Congress, executive branch leadership and Federal Justices including the Supremes.

With Pelosi there is a whole mountain of data indicating inside information.

With Trump, it's that the algorithm his advisers used bought a bunch of muni bonds with zero indication Trumps investments were outperforming others.

Or… Trump is a scumbag manipulating markets and enriching himself through his office. That's much more plausible cause he knows he will get away with it.

Your original statement was there is no sign with Trump because he filed with the compliance officer so there can be no insider trading. Don't forget Trump has the ability to move the market as President way more than any other person in the world. If he knows what he holds, he can influence how it performs with a simple post on Truth. This is an optics issue that highlights why there should be no holding of individual stocks.

As for Pelosi, she is joined by a bipartisan group of Congress people with a lot of questionable trades. She and her husband don't even have close to the best track record on trading in Congress. Last year, Republicans topped the list of best investment performance.

Rep. Tim Moore (R-N.C.): +52%
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas): +50%
Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.): +37%
Rep. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.): +37%
Rep. Thomas Suozzi (D-N.Y.): +35%
Rep. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska): +35%
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.): +33%
Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.): +29%
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.): +29%
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.): +29%

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/move-over-pelosi-congress-member-233111954.html
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With Trump, it's that the algorithm his advisers used bought a bunch of muni bonds with zero indication Trumps investments were outperforming others.

Muni bonds are rated periodically. That also means they are being rated down. Trump is from New York. I'd imagine he had a crap ton in NYC muni bonds as the income is tax exempt as they mature. BUT when they are down rated, that's a sell sign. Those bonds will not be paid. Stop the loss and let some other schmuck take the loss.
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It's a neurosis
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You know who else used algorithms to trade on the stock market? You guessed it....Hitler.

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BigRobSA said:

You know who else used algorithms to trade on the stock market? You guessed it....Hitler.



And you know what's ironic ?

The Jews wrote the algorithms...
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Desert Ag said:

Minor detail you left out:
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A spokesperson for the Trump Organization earlier said that the president's holdings are independently managed by third-party financial institutions who have control over all investment decisions, with trades executed through automated processes. Trump, his family members and his company play no role in making transactions, the spokesperson said. They receive no advance notice of trading activity and provide no input, she added.



Sorry, leftists, these aren't the trades you're looking for.
Being in TexAgs jail changes a man……..no, not really
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At least he's making his money honestly instead of fraud against taxpayers like the dems and Rinos.
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How many oil shorts? If that number is 0, no chance he's insider trading
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doubledog said:

New Flash. Trump is the first U.S. President in our life time to loose money while in office.

We should all invest in the nothing-burger fast food franchise, because there is a lot of those burgers these days.



I want to lose money while at my job like Trump has.

According to the Google:

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Yes, Donald Trump's net worth has significantly increased since he returned to the White House. According to the latest Forbes Billionaires tracking, his net worth sits at $6.5 billion, representing a $1.4 billion increase over his early 2025 baseline

There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance. Hippocrates
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The 18% gain comes after Quiver Quantitative reported a 54% gain for her portfolio in 2024.

From your article. Gee, I wonder what happened in 2025? Perhaps losing speakership had something to do with with the huge decrease in gains?

Btw, % may not necessarily paint the accurate picture. An 18% gain on $1M is hell of a lot more money than 50% gain on $10K.
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Pelosi just endorsed Maury Povichs wife to replace her in Congress so I am sure the insider trading will continue.

She also appears to be a Hung Kong born Chinese spy whose platform is "opposing the policies of Donald J Trump".

Our with the old, in with the slightly less botoxed variety.
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flown-the-coop said:

Pelosi just endorsed Maury Povichs wife to replace her in Congress so I am sure the insider trading will continue.

She also appears to be a Hung Kong born Chinese spy whose platform is "opposing the policies of Donald J Trump".

Our with the old, in with the slightly less botoxed variety.


Connie Chung?? Pretty big name anchor back in the day. No surprise Pelosi is endorsing another elderly left winger.
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flown-the-coop said:

Pelosi just endorsed Maury Povichs wife to replace her in Congress so I am sure the insider trading will continue.

She also appears to be a Hung Kong born Chinese spy whose platform is "opposing the policies of Donald J Trump".

Our with the old, in with the slightly less botoxed variety.


Just the sight of the name Pelosi makes me want to throat punch someone, and even more knowing she's supporting a reality tvs wife.

Term limits. Age limits. FFS.
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