Trump traded over $50 million in 'Magnificent 7' stocks last quarter, loading up on Apple and Google and selling Tesla
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Trump traded over $50 million in stocks, favoring Apple and Google while selling Tesla.
Key Points
- Invested heavily in 'Magnificent 7' stocks.
- Increased holdings in Apple and Google.
- Divested from Tesla during the last quarter.
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~2 min readPresident Trump made 94 different trades of “Magnificent Seven” stocks in the first quarter of 2026, a new ethics disclosure shows, executing millions of dollars in transactions even as he was meeting with and often promoting these top tech companies.
The trades were valued at between $50 million and $70 million across 64 buy orders and 30 stock sales.
The president, on net, loaded up on Apple (AAPL) and Alphabet (GOOG), while selling more Tesla stock than he bought, a Yahoo Finance analysis found. His account also executed more than a dozen transactions each of Nvidia (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT), and Amazon (AMZN), rounding out the Magnificent Seven.
The disclosure only indicates stock sales in broad ranges, meaning it was unclear whether the president ended the quarter with more or fewer shares of those latter four companies’ stock in his portfolio.
The Magnificent Seven trading patterns were part of Trump’s first quarter ethics disclosure released last week, encompassing over 3,700 trades made under the president's name.
Trump's account is managed by his company, the Trump Organization, which says trades are overseen by third-party financial institutions without any input from Trump or his family.
"Neither President Trump, his family, nor The Trump Organization plays any role in selecting, directing, or approving specific investments," the Trump Organization told multiple outlets after the disclosure. "They receive no advance notice of trading activity and provide no input regarding investment decisions or portfolio management of any kind."
The Trump Organization didn't respond to questions from Yahoo Finance about the Magnificent Seven trades in particular.
The trading activity has raised conflict of interest concerns after the disclosure revealed trades being executed in proximity to the president discussing the companies and major news being revealed.
"Presidents are not supposed to be day traders," watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington said of the disclosures.
One notable Magnificent Seven trade was a purchase of at least $1 million in Nvidia stock on Feb. 10, about one week before Nvidia announced a strategic partnership with Meta.
An array of Magnificent 7 transactions
Two stocks the president most clearly added to his portfolio in the first quarter were Apple and Alphabet.
Trump's Apple transactions include eight purchases against just one sale, leading to net purchases of between $2 million and $7.2 million. The Alphabet transactions in this period were all purchases and represented another $1.5 to $3.1 million.
— Originally published at finance.yahoo.com
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