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Trump picked up Apple, Nvidia and other tech giants before tariff reversal fueled rebound
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While investors and businesses spent the early days of April 2025 fretting over the future of global trade and the economy, President Donald Trump was busy buying into the stock market sell-off he created.
Key facts
- He bought between $100,001 and $250,000 in shares of Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Nvidia each that day, the disclosures show
- On April 8, the broad S&P 500 index finished that session below the 5,000 mark and within inches of the threshold for a bear market, a term used to describe a 20% drawdown from a recent high
- Trump made 327 stock purchases on April 8, 2025, according to a CNBC analysis of the president's annual financial disclosure for 2025 that includes trades, income and liabilities and was released
- The White House, when asked to comment on the timing of Trump's April 8, 2025 trades, spoke more generally about the president's assets
Summary
Trump made 327 stock purchases on April 8, 2025, according to a CNBC analysis of the president's annual financial disclosure for 2025 that includes trades, income and liabilities and was released on Tuesday. His flurry of buying came on the tail end of a steep four-day spiral that was sparked by the unveiling of his plan for broad and high tariffs. The episode captures a central theme running through Trump's second term: A president with vast power to move markets is also a president with a vast personal stake in them, with more personal investment at stake than any of his predecessors.