Trump buys Berkshire Hathaway stock for the first time amid more than 1,000 trades in a month

Donald Trump bought Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) shares for the first time in June while making 1,051 separate financial transactions across stocks, bonds, and exchange-traded funds, according to Trump’s latest financial filing released on Aug. 22.

The trades ranged from $78.1 million to $263.1 million as the disclosure law provides that transactions may be disclosed with ranges in value rather than with an exact dollar figure.

Trump made purchases exceeding $49 million of securities in the month under review while he had sales in excess of $28.5 million.

A particular purchase Trump made was the sale of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA: VIG) on June 22 worth $5 million to $25 million.

On that same date, he bought between $1 million and $5 million each of Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE: FIS) and Home Depot (NYSE: HD). Those were his biggest purchases of either company during June, though the filing also shows that Trump sold some FIS shares at other points during the month.

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