By Lital Samet/Calcalist
Publication Date: 2026-05-20 07:02:00
Unlike previous presidents, including Barack Obama and Joe Biden, who avoided trading stocks during their time in office, President Donald Trump has been very active in the market.
Compared with several hundred investments earlier in his term, Trump made more than 3,700 trades in the first quarter, according to documents released by the federal Office of Government Ethics. The transactions included large-scale stock purchases of technology giants including Nvidia and Dell. At the same time, Trumps Shareholdings in Microsoft and Amazon were reduced during the quarter.
According to filings with regulators, the president bought 2,346 corporate securities and sold 1,296 in the first quarter. The filing does not specify whether the transactions were stocks or bonds, and the total value of the reported transactions is between $220 million and $750 million. The wide range is everything…