Trump bought at least $51 million in bonds in March, disclosure shows By Reuters

By Laura Matthews

NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump purchased not less than $51 million in bonds in March, in keeping with monetary disclosures launched on Saturday, with the purchases spanning a number of sectors.

• Trump carried out 175 monetary transactions final month, in keeping with varieties launched by the U.S. Workplace of Authorities Ethics. The varieties don’t embrace precise values for every sale or buy, solely a spread of values for every.

• A lot of the property disclosed have been municipal bonds issued by states, counties, college districts and different entities with ties to authorities companies or public-private partnerships.

• His 26 largest transactions, within the $1 million to $5 million vary, have been primarily municipal bonds or U.S. Treasuries, though two of the offers listed have been purchases of company choices from and . He additionally invested in an exchange-traded fund monitoring a high-yield bond index.

• The president purchased company bonds throughout vitality, know-how, healthcare and monetary providers, with issuers together with , , , , , and Wall Road banks , , and , together with .

• The mixed most worth of Trump’s bond purchases throughout all asset courses is about $161 million.