Economy Trump buys more than $100 million in U.S. bonds

[Crazy Source]

1986 just called, wants it's question back...

No doubt. The Trump saga is especially frustrating to New Yorkers who grew up with his bullshit. They can't get away from the guy.

 

[Revolver]

As I have said in other threads you can make money in the stock market with Trump as President if you just pay attention. Biden you could do nothing and make money. Trump you have to do way more trading but money can be made.
This is a great sign for my 2nd round of #TrumpPuts. Been selling other winners and now heavy into #TrumpPuts.
The only risk is if Trump’s balloon ankles burst, market would still tank but would recover quicker with someone a little more competent.

What was the inverse spy etf you were using?

 

[Deaths Head]

State, municipal and corporate bonds. Among the corporate bonds:

Citigroup
Morgan Stanley
Wells Fargo
Meta
Qualcomm
T-Mobile
The Home Depot
United Health

State and municipal bonds are a hodgepodge of stuff. Highways in West Virginia, schools in Ohio, Illinois state bonds, etc.

This comes as Trump has been heavily pressuring the Fed to lower interest rates (when interest rates fall, bond prices rise), threatening to fire the Fed chairman and others if they don't comply. He has also fired the head of the BLS for releasing numbers he doesn't like. The figures released by the BLS are used by the Fed to make their monetary policy decisions.

All sounds rather questionable to me. But The White House says it's OK:

"Trump and his family have no involvement in directing or influencing what to buy or sell, which are decisions made by a third-party investment manager, according to a White House source familiar with the report. The Office of Government Ethics certified that the report in compliance with legal requirements, the source said."

Trump buys more than $100 million in bonds in office, disclosure shows

Trump's financial disclosure shows corporate bond buys from Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, Meta, Qualcomm, T-Mobile USA and The Home Depot.

www.usatoday.com

He’s got to start paying Putin his money back he still owes him millions and close his accounts out with his not so secret accounts in Russia in the event he actually does get pressure to do something against Russia not just fake it

 

[PainIsLIfe]

State, municipal and corporate bonds. Among the corporate bonds:

Citigroup
Morgan Stanley
Wells Fargo
Meta
Qualcomm
T-Mobile
The Home Depot
United Health

State and municipal bonds are a hodgepodge of stuff. Highways in West Virginia, schools in Ohio, Illinois state bonds, etc.

This comes as Trump has been heavily pressuring the Fed to lower interest rates (when interest rates fall, bond prices rise), threatening to fire the Fed chairman and others if they don't comply. He has also fired the head of the BLS for releasing numbers he doesn't like. The figures released by the BLS are used by the Fed to make their monetary policy decisions.

All sounds rather questionable to me. But The White House says it's OK:

"Trump and his family have no involvement in directing or influencing what to buy or sell, which are decisions made by a third-party investment manager, according to a White House source familiar with the report. The Office of Government Ethics certified that the report in compliance with legal requirements, the source said."

Trump buys more than $100 million in bonds in office, disclosure shows

Trump's financial disclosure shows corporate bond buys from Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, Meta, Qualcomm, T-Mobile USA and The Home Depot.

www.usatoday.com

So investing in local governments and US businesses. The travesty.

 

[44nutman]

What was the inverse spy etf you were using?

$UVXY.
Remember two things, 1. I am a dumb fuck that posts on a karate forum, that has done well this year but also have had misses in my investing lifetime. Told everyone to buy Uranium a couple months ago on Sherdog and it ran, and now I have cash again because I sold out of it, along with one of my two Silver Stocks which also recently ran. 2. It's a high leveraged ETF, so you don't want to hold forever and also you have to worry about decay, which is associated with high leveraged ETF's.

I got lucky last time with it, When the market was unsure about Trumps Tariffs and was dropping. Now Trump is easier to read because he telegraphs everything and just watch what GOP elected officials buy. I was flush with a lot of cash from Money Lion being bought out, usually you get shares of the new company when a company is bought out, but I got cash put in my account. So doubled that Money Lion money, on #TrumpPuts. The market has had a good run, everyone is bitching about everything being expensive, no matter what Trump tells you. Power bills every where have skyrocketed, dollar is way down. Food items are expensive, and big companies pre tariff buys are running out. So now I have been slowly investing the initial buy I made last time, looking for it to run again. I will probably pull the trigger quicker this time, cause I made so much last time. After this run, hopefully will dump that profit to buy more high yield dividend stocks.

Side note, Brazillian companies pay great dividends for the price point, because they have to give a taste of the dividends to the government.
Doubled my money on $CIG in 4 years just on dividends. Should be less time now, because they did a 130 per 100 shares split, so I have more shares, along with reinvested shares from dividends.

 

[44nutman]

So investing in local governments and US businesses. The travesty.

Jimmy Carter sold his peanut farm.
Nothing wrong with investing, but not a good look when you head the government, because you can rig the game.

 

[Crazy Source]

So investing in local governments and US businesses. The travesty.

C'mon, man. You know better than this. Trump controls the levers of governance in a way that can change the outcome of these investments. Just stop.

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

Missed opportunity

Should've invested in Tardcoin

The official currency of war room maga chuds.

 

[Deaths Head]

So investing in local governments and US businesses. The travesty.

Yea such a travesty when he has the abilities to impact the market ( he’s done it several times ) as he sees fit and has a conflict of interest , I’m sure he’s just investing with good intentions like his other businesses he ventured into .

 

[Deaths Head]

The official currency of war room maga chuds.

I can actually picture some of these posters on here in a supermarket with a Tard coin ATM machines waiting for their currency with drool dripping down their mouth .

 

[PainIsLIfe]

Jimmy Carter sold his peanut farm.
Nothing wrong with investing, but not a good look when you head the government, because you can rig the game.

Fair point, but I still remember the outrage over Air Force layovers and it turned out that they started under Obama.

C'mon, man. You know better than this. Trump controls the levers of governance in a way that can change the outcome of these investments. Just stop.

Perhaps, but I'd be more aggrieved if he were investing in foreign companies and giving them breaks or if you had an instance of a special consideration given to these companies/localities.

Sort of like Newsome allowing Panera to skirt the wage law or Congress giving full bailouts (above FDIC) for his winery (and others) when his bank went belly up.

 

[Deaths Head]

C'mon, man. You know better than this. Trump controls the levers of governance in a way that can change the outcome of these investments. Just stop.

I honestly don’t think he does he also asked why there isn’t an exodus to NY which is over populated as it is as if families are going to flock to a very crowded city over much better choices in this country , it’s a fine line on here bc it’s hard to know if someone is actually trolling or not ? Lol

 

[PainIsLIfe]

Yea such a travesty when he has the abilities to impact the market ( he’s done it several times ) as he sees fit and has a conflict of interest , I’m sure he’s just investing with good intentions like his other businesses he ventured into .

Not sure what that has to do with inv4sting in local govts. Can you at least point to a piece of legislation or EO that is juicing these investments?

 

[PainIsLIfe]

I honestly don’t think he does he also asked why there isn’t an exodus to NY which is over populated as it is as if families are going to flock to a very crowded city over much better choices in this country , it’s a fine line on here bc it’s hard to know if someone is actually trolling or not ? Lol

City? NY is a big state.

And plenty of room on the Southern Tier. Corning's motto is a great place to raise a family.

 

[CantCucktheTuck]

This is it

 

[PainIsLIfe]

Interest rates and bond prices have an inverse relationship, so that when the Fed lowers interest rates(as is planned), the bond prices will go up(anything in excess of what he paid for them will be profit).

Prior issued bonds(with X maturity date) have higher coupons (interest payments) than the future new lower payment issued bonds so that's why they will be worth more. Bonds are essentially contracts to pay %(like CDs) every quarter and eventually you'll get your principal(money you lend the issuer) back. So Trump is essentially counting on interest rate cuts being a formality. Tresurys(federal) tend to be safest but also have very low %, then typically state and municipal...very strong corporate bonds likewise enjoy low % due to them being very trusted/safe (Apple, Google, etc). This is where the bond grading comes in with investment grade vs high yield risky 'junk' bonds. The more risky the bonds (lower grades C, etc) the higher the interest rate to compensate the borrower for default risk. Looks like the ones listed are all high investment grade (AA, etc). I didn't check them individually but that's my assumption from a quick look.

Many investors may likewise pour their money into more volatile securities like equities(e.g. small cap stocks). However because Trump is old (79) his investments likely reflect his short term investment window whereas a younger person (e.g. 30 year old) would probably go with equities or crypto.

Probably more info than you wanted and I hope it makes sense.

As you say, most bonds have a locked rate so any potential changes wouldn't change that. Some bonds however can have variable rates - doubtful that these do.

 

[SandisLL]

Interest rates and bond prices have an inverse relationship, so that when the Fed lowers interest rates(as is planned), the bond prices will go up(anything in excess of what he paid for them will be profit).

Prior issued bonds(with X maturity date) have higher coupons (interest payments) than the future new lower payment issued bonds so that's why they will be worth more. Bonds are essentially contracts to pay %(like CDs) every quarter and eventually you'll get your principal(money you lend the issuer) back. So Trump is essentially counting on interest rate cuts being a formality. Tresurys(federal) tend to be safest but also have very low %, then typically state and municipal...very strong corporate bonds likewise enjoy low % due to them being very trusted/safe (Apple, Google, etc). This is where the bond grading comes in with investment grade vs high yield risky 'junk' bonds. The more risky the bonds (lower grades C, etc) the higher the interest rate to compensate the borrower for default risk. Looks like the ones listed are all high investment grade (AA, etc). I didn't check them individually but that's my assumption from a quick look.

Many investors may likewise pour their money into more volatile securities like equities(e.g. small cap stocks). However because Trump is old (79) his investments likely reflect his short term investment window whereas a younger person (e.g. 30 year old) would probably go with equities or crypto.

Probably more info than you wanted and I hope it makes sense.

Trump really had told that better will be to reduce key interest rate %.
According to Trump it might reduce inflation.

 

[SandisLL]

Interest rates and bond prices have an inverse relationship, so that when the Fed lowers interest rates(as is planned), the bond prices will go up(anything in excess of what he paid for them will be profit).

Prior issued bonds(with X maturity date) have higher coupons (interest payments) than the future new lower payment issued bonds so that's why they will be worth more. Bonds are essentially contracts to pay %(like CDs) every quarter and eventually you'll get yo3ur principal(money you lend the issuer) back. So Trump is essentially counting on interest rate cuts being a formality. Tresurys(federal) tend to be safest but also have very low %, then typically state and municipal...very strong corporate bonds likewise enjoy low % due to them being very trusted/safe (Apple, Google, etc). This is where the bond grading comes in with investment grade vs high yield risky 'junk' bonds. The more risky the bonds (lower grades C, etc) the higher the interest rate to compensate the borrower for default risk. Looks like the ones listed are all high investment grade (AA, etc). I didn't check them individually but that's my assumption from a quick look.

Many investors may likewise pour their money into more volatile securities like equities(e.g. small cap stocks). However because Trump is old (79) his investments likely reflect his short term investment window whereas a younger person (e.g. 30 year old) would probably go with equities or crypto.

Probably more info than you wanted and I hope it makes sense.

Trump really had told that better will be to reduce key interest rate %.
According to Trump this might reduce inflation.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Trump even knows he’s going to tank the market.

- Obviously.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

No doubt. The Trump saga is especially frustrating to New Yorkers who grew up with his bullshit. They can't get away from the guy.

- Trump is lucky The Punisher is just a comic-book character. He easely makes the list to a visit from Castle, just with his Epstein friendship.