# Scott Bessent's stock trades: 28 disclosed since 2025

Executive branch · OGE Form 278-T · Updated 31 Dec 2025 · Source: U.S. Office of Government Ethics

Canonical: https://trackedmoney.com/executive/scott-bessent/

## Short answer

As of 28 Sep 2026, Scott Bessent has disclosed 28 securities transactions on OGE Form 278-T, dated Jan 2025 to Nov 2025: 0 purchases and 28 sales across 4 ticker symbols. The most recent report with readable rows, posted 31 Dec 2025, listed 2 transactions. The most-traded stock is SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), with 2 trades.

## Key facts

- **28 transactions disclosed.** Scott Bessent reported 28 transactions on 2 OGE 278-T reports posted between 14 Aug 2025 and 31 Dec 2025.
- **4 ticker symbols.** The trades span 4 ticker symbols; 23 rows (bonds and assets without a matched ticker) are listed by name only.
- **0% purchases.** 0 of the transactions are purchases and 28 are sales.
- **142 days median delay to public.** Half of Bessent's trades became public within 142 days of the trade date, counting to the day OGE posted the report.

## What changed in the latest report

- **31 Dec 2025: Report: 2 transactions.** 0 purchases and 2 sales dated 23 Sep 2025 to 27 Nov 2025; none matched to a ticker. No ticker appears for the first time.
- **14 Aug 2025: Report: 26 transactions.** 0 purchases and 26 sales dated 28 Jan 2025 to 30 Jun 2025, across 4 tickers. This is the first report on record, so every ticker in it is new.

## When the trades happened

Trades per month, by transaction date.

| Month | Trades |
|---|---:|
| Jan 2025 | 1 |
| Feb 2025 | 6 |
| Mar 2025 | 16 |
| Apr 2025 | 1 |
| May 2025 | 0 |
| Jun 2025 | 2 |
| Jul 2025 | 0 |
| Aug 2025 | 0 |
| Sep 2025 | 1 |
| Oct 2025 | 0 |
| Nov 2025 | 1 |

## Buying or selling?

0 purchases (0%) and 28 sales (100%).

## What stocks does Bessent own and trade most?

| Ticker | Company | Buys | Sells | Total |
|---|---|---:|---:|---:|
| GLD | SPDR Gold Trust | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| EWG | iShares MSCI Germany ETF | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| THD | iShares MSCI Thailand ETF | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| VZ | Verizon Communications Inc | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Trades against the share price

- SPDR Gold Trust (GLD): 0 buys · 2 sells · +56.0% since 3 Jan 2025
- iShares MSCI Germany ETF (EWG): 0 buys · 1 sells · +33.2% since 3 Jan 2025
- iShares MSCI Thailand ETF (THD): 0 buys · 1 sells · +21.7% since 3 Jan 2025
- Verizon Communications Inc (VZ): 0 buys · 1 sells · +16.5% since 3 Jan 2025

## What if you had copied Bessent's trades?

Scott Bessent's disclosed trades are all sales, so there is no position to follow and no return to publish. See the Executive Branch strategy (+68.0% past year) instead.

## How Bessent compares

| Official | Trades | Stocks | Buy share | Days to file (median) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Scott Bessent | 28 | 4 | 0% | 142 |
| Executive branch, median official | 53 | 20 | 38% | 63 |
| Congress, median member | 126 | 37 | 50% | 27 |
| Most active in Congress, past 12 months: Gilbert Cisneros | 2,699 | 710 | 57% | 27 |

The executive median covers the 22 executive officials shown in the Tracked Money app; the Congress median covers 127 House and Senate members shown in the app.
Gilbert Cisneros (House) reported 1,153 trades dated 28 Sep 2025 to 28 Sep 2026, the most of any member in that window.

## Every disclosed trade

The 25 most recent of 28. All rows: [trades.csv](./trades.csv) · [trades.json](./trades.json)

| Traded | Filed | Asset | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-27 | 2025-12-31 | GreenGage Global Holdings | Sale | $100,001 - $250,000 |
| 2025-09-23 | 2025-12-31 | Totem Management Seed | Sale | $250,001 - $500,000 |
| 2025-06-30 | 2025-08-14 | LLC | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2025-06-30 | 2025-08-14 | Totem Macro Global Alpha Select Onshore Fund, LLC | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2025-04-24 | 2025-08-14 | Old Farm Partners Master | Sale | $50,001 - $100,000 |
| 2025-03-27 | 2025-08-14 | Castle Hook LP | Sale | $15,001 - $50,000 |
| 2025-03-27 | 2025-08-14 | Castle Hook LP | Sale | $15,001 - $50,000 |
| 2025-03-27 | 2025-08-14 | Castle Hook LP | Sale | $15,001 - $50,000 |
| 2025-03-27 | 2025-08-14 | LLC | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2025-03-27 | 2025-08-14 | Totem Macro Global Alpha Select Onshore Fund, LLC | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2025-03-25 | 2025-08-14 | Key Square Partners II LLP | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2025-03-25 | 2025-08-14 | Key Square Partners II LLP | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2025-03-25 | 2025-08-14 | Roxo Energy Funding IV LLC | Sale | $100,001 - $250,000 |
| 2025-03-25 | 2025-08-14 | Roxo Energy Funding IV LLC | Sale | $500,001 - $1,000,000 |
| 2025-03-25 | 2025-08-14 | Roxo Energy Funding IV LLC | Sale | $250,001 - $500,000 |
| 2025-03-11 | 2025-08-14 | Skye Global Fund | Sale | $15,001 - $50,000 |
| 2025-03-04 | 2025-08-14 | **EWG** iShares MSCI Germany ETF | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2025-03-04 | 2025-08-14 | **GLD** SPDR Gold Shares | Sale | $50,001 - $100,000 |
| 2025-03-04 | 2025-08-14 | **GLD** SPDR Gold Shares | Sale | $50,001 - $100,000 |
| 2025-03-04 | 2025-08-14 | **THD** iShares MSCI Thailand ETF | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2025-03-04 | 2025-08-14 | **VZ** Verizon Communications, Inc. | Sale | $15,001 - $50,000 |
| 2025-02-21 | 2025-08-14 | Key Square Master Fund SP | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2025-02-20 | 2025-08-14 | Key Square Group LP | Sale | $250,001 - $500,000 |
| 2025-02-19 | 2025-08-14 | Key Square Group LP | Sale | $50,001 - $100,000 |
| 2025-02-19 | 2025-08-14 | Key Square Partners II LP | Sale | $100,001 - $250,000 |

## Questions people ask

### Does Bessent have to disclose stock trades?

Yes. Senior executive-branch officials, including the President, must report securities transactions over $1,000 on OGE Form 278-T, generally within 45 days of the trade. The Office of Government Ethics publishes the reports.

### How many stock trades has Bessent disclosed?

Tracked Money has read 28 transactions from 2 OGE 278-T reports posted between 14 Aug 2025 and 31 Dec 2025, with trade dates from 28 Jan 2025 to 27 Nov 2025.

### What stocks does Bessent own?

The 278-T lists transactions, not holdings. The stocks traded most often in these reports are SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), iShares MSCI Germany ETF (EWG), iShares MSCI Thailand ETF (THD), Verizon Communications Inc (VZ). Holdings appear on the annual OGE Form 278e financial disclosure, which this page does not cover.

### How quickly do Bessent's trades become public?

The median trade on this page became public 142 days after it happened, measured from the trade date to the day OGE posted the report. Amounts are disclosed as ranges, not exact figures.

## Method and sources

- Source: OGE Form 278-T reports published by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (https://extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden.nsf).
- Reports read: 2 (every report OGE has posted as a PDF for this official at the last check); 2 yielded transaction rows.
- Tickers matched: 5 of 28 rows. Company names are matched to tickers by Tracked Money; unmatched rows are kept by name.
- Last checked: 28 Sep 2026.
- Amounts are the disclosed ranges. Trade dates are as reported; the filing date is the day OGE posted the report.

Reports:

- 31 Dec 2025: 2 rows — https://extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden.nsf/PAS+Index/FE9B4FD2E26CCFAC85258D7100343B09/$FILE/Scott-Bessent-12.05.2025-278T.pdf
- 14 Aug 2025: 26 rows — https://extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden.nsf/PAS+Index/BA716BA5B423A76685258CE6002C8303/$FILE/Scott-Bessent-07.14.2025-278T.pdf

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