When Donald Trump reclaimed the presidency in 2024, investors braced for a return to “America First” economics, and his stock portfolio looked poised to ride the wave. His first term saw the S&P 500 surge nearly 68% — the fifth‑best presidential stretch since 1980, while through July 1, 2025, the index is already up 5% under his second term, despite renewed policy volatility.
Central to his playbook is a willingness to shake markets with tariffs, then soothe them with strategic pauses. In April, a 90‑day tariff moratorium sparked a 24% stock rebound from recent lows and helped propel the S&P and Nasdaq to record highs by mid‑2025. But by July, uncertainty returned. Trump announced sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” of 10–70% set for August 1, targeting nations that haven’t cut trade deals. Markets, which had priced in a continuation of the pause, flipped back into cautious mode.
That seesaw — risk, reprieve, repeat — reveals Trump’s kinetic approach: punish foreign competition, nudge trade partners into submission, then pause to keep investors calm. His aggressive tariff regime has raised concerns among economists, Goldman Sachs warns S&P fair value could swing down 5% from tariffs, and OECD predicts 2025 growth might slow to a revised 1.6% from their March projection of 2.2%. Yet each bounce creates fresh opportunity for those in the know.
Enter Trump’s own portfolio. According to his latest disclosures, his holdings mirror his policy tilt: major U.S. industrials and tech firms alongside his high-risk crown jewel, Trump Media & Technology (DJT). This mix puts him in a prime spot: industrials to capitalize on tariff‑driven domestic growth, and tech to harness the wave of investment surging into AI and on‑shoring.
Historically, Trump has claimed a strong record as an investor. According to his disclosures, between 2011 and 2014 he reported profiting on 40 out of 45 stock sales, an almost 90% success rate in capital gains. That performance likely informs his current positioning. It is pertinent to mention that his overall portfolio reportedly has less than 10% in equities, with a greater weight in cash, money-market funds, bonds, real estate, and crypto ventures.
On the policy front, the passage of the “Big Beautiful Bill”, a new tax and spending package, looks set to lock in his 2017-like tax cuts, infusing $3.4 trillion more into the national debt over a decade. The outcome is a cherry‑on‑top stimulus for growth‑oriented stocks, albeit with inflationary risks, and rising Treasury yields to match.
Let’s head to our list now.
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Methodology
We’ve picked the stocks owned by the president from his latest financial disclosure, and ranked them on the basis of the number of hedge funds holding stake in them as of Q1, 2025, to give you a sense of the institutional credibility of DJT’s investments.
Note: We’ve listed Trump Media & Technology Group as well, even though DJT-owned shares of the company were transferred to a Revocable Trust overseen by DJT Jr. in December 2024.
9. Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (NASDAQ:DJT)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 11
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (NASDAQ:DJT is one of the stocks that Donald Trump owns. On June 23, 2025, Trump Media & Tech (NASDAQ:DJT) announced a share buyback plan of up to $400 million, around 9.9% of shares outstanding. The move sent shares up ~2.6% in early trading, though year-to-date, DJT remains down roughly 45%.
In June 2025, Trump Media also announced plans to launch a Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF, which aims to capitalize on the crypto boom and extend the Truth Social brand into financial products. The fund would hold 75% Bitcoin and 25% Ethereum, with Crypto.com tapped as the crypto custodian and trade execution partner.
Trump Media & Technology Group (NASDAQ:DJT) is the publicly traded parent company of Truth Social, launched via a SPAC merger with Digital World Acquisition Corp in March 2024.
8. Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 104
Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is one of the stocks that Donald Trump owns. On July 7, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares tumbled nearly 8% on after Elon Musk revealed plans to form a new U.S. political party, coined the “America Party“, in direct opposition to Trump’s signing of the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ into law.
The bill became the flashpoint of tensions between the US President and Musk when its legislation was first proposed. The Tesla CEO has fiercely resisted the bill as an “abomination” and stated that the bill would undermine DOGE efforts to curb wasteful spending and add trillions of dollars to the US debt over the next decade.
The bill would also reverse multiple tax credits for the EV industry, which also includes the $7,500 consumer credit. It would also eliminate tailpipe-emission rules that incentivize car manufacturers to electrify their future models over the next 10 years.
Musk’s escalating feud with POTUS has been stoking investor fears over leadership distraction and government subsidy threats.
