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A handful of institutional investors bought large positions in former President Donald Trump’s media company in the second quarter ahead of the company's inclusion in two Russell indexes, regulatory filings released on Wednesday showed.

Among the biggest purchasers of shares of Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT.O), opens new tab, the parent company of the Truth Social platform, were asset managers Vanguard, State Street and BlackRock, which are known for their passive investing businesses. Those include exchange traded funds that buy shares of companies included in a wide range of indexes that they track.

Vanguard Group initiated a new position with the purchase of nearly 2.9 million shares of Trump Media, with a market value of approximately $94.3 million at the end of the quarter, the filings showed. BlackRock initiated a new position with the purchase of nearly 2.2 million shares, while State Street initiated a new position with just over 440,000 shares.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you saying that two of the most powerful financial institutions in the world would bribe the politician who does what the billionires want and has explicitly requested bribes in the past? Surely you're not serious.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

it's interesting that they're not just blackmailing whoever does get it.

"We will ruin your economy, crash the markets, and make you look like an asshole."

[–] Corkyskog 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Risky move when they could strip you of all your power if they wanted to.

Oh yeah? Have fun doing all that with no phone access in Gitmo. It's an official presidential act, with you threatening terrorism on the economy and all...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

they own SCROTUS, so, like.... they're not afraid.

also, if that happens everyone else in the market would tank it as well. hedgefunds have been doing economic terrorism for a long time "too big to fail" is economic terrorism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Good thing the president’s fucking above the law now, eh SCROTUS?

[–] Corkyskog 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's also the enforcement arm of the government. If they just simply enforced the laws on the books they could probably arrest a bunch of people for the crimes they get away with daily. Nothing is special about bankers or fund managers, they can be replaced by other bankers or managers.