# William J. Burns's stock trades: 21 disclosed since 2022

Executive branch · OGE Form 278-T · Updated 4 Mar 2023 · Source: U.S. Office of Government Ethics

Canonical: https://trackedmoney.com/executive/william-j-burns/

## Short answer

As of 28 Sep 2026, William J. Burns has disclosed 21 securities transactions on OGE Form 278-T, dated Oct 2022 to Jan 2023: 0 purchases and 21 sales across 19 ticker symbols. The most recent report with readable rows, posted 4 Mar 2023, listed 2 transactions. The most-traded stock is General Electric Co (GE), with 2 trades.

## Key facts

- **21 transactions disclosed.** William J. Burns reported 21 transactions on 4 OGE 278-T reports posted between 31 Jan 2023 and 4 Mar 2023.
- **19 ticker symbols.** The trades span 19 ticker symbols; 1 rows (bonds and assets without a matched ticker) are listed by name only.
- **0% purchases.** 0 of the transactions are purchases and 21 are sales.
- **99 days median delay to public.** Half of Burns's trades became public within 99 days of the trade date, counting to the day OGE posted the report.

## What changed in the latest report

- **4 Mar 2023: 2 reports: 2 transactions.** 0 purchases and 2 sales dated 24 Jan 2023 to 24 Jan 2023, across 2 tickers. 1 ticker appear for the first time, including XOM.
- **31 Jan 2023: 2 reports: 19 transactions.** 0 purchases and 19 sales dated 24 Oct 2022 to 20 Dec 2022, across 18 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 |
|---|---:|
| Oct 2022 | 14 |
| Nov 2022 | 3 |
| Dec 2022 | 2 |
| Jan 2023 | 2 |

## Buying or selling?

0 purchases (0%) and 21 sales (100%).

## What stocks does Burns own and trade most?

| Ticker | Company | Buys | Sells | Total |
|---|---|---:|---:|---:|
| GE | General Electric Co | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| EWJ | iShares MSCI Japan ETF | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| IP | International Paper Co /New/ | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MCD | Mcdonalds Corp | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| META | Meta Platforms, Inc. | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corp | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| NVS | Novartis Ag | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| PG | PROCTER & GAMBLE Co | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Trades against the share price

- General Electric Co (GE): 0 buys · 2 sells · +698.0% since 7 Oct 2022
- iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ): 0 buys · 1 sells · +94.6% since 7 Oct 2022
- Honeywell International Inc (HON): 0 buys · 1 sells · +24.8% since 7 Oct 2022
- International Paper Co /New/ (IP): 0 buys · 1 sells · +9.5% since 7 Oct 2022
- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): 0 buys · 1 sells · +69.6% since 7 Oct 2022
- Mcdonalds Corp (MCD): 0 buys · 1 sells · +1.3% since 7 Oct 2022
- Meta Platforms, Inc. (META): 0 buys · 1 sells · +441.3% since 7 Oct 2022
- Microsoft Corp (MSFT): 0 buys · 1 sells · +117.1% since 7 Oct 2022
- Novartis Ag (NVS): 0 buys · 1 sells · +93.4% since 7 Oct 2022
- PROCTER & GAMBLE Co (PG): 0 buys · 1 sells · +19.5% since 7 Oct 2022

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

William J. Burns'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 Burns compares

| Official | Trades | Stocks | Buy share | Days to file (median) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| William J. Burns | 21 | 19 | 0% | 99 |
| 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 21 most recent of 21. All rows: [trades.csv](./trades.csv) · [trades.json](./trades.json)

| Traded | Filed | Asset | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-24 | 2023-03-04 | **GE** General Electric Co. | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2023-01-24 | 2023-03-04 | **XOM** Exxon Mobil Corp. | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2022-12-20 | 2023-01-31 | **IP** International Paper Co. | Sale | $100,001 - $250,000 |
| 2022-12-20 | 2023-01-31 | **SLVM** Sylvamo Corporation | Sale | $15,001 - $50,000 |
| 2022-11-22 | 2023-01-31 | **HON** Honeywell International, Inc. | Sale | $15,001 - $50,000 |
| 2022-11-22 | 2023-01-31 | **QCOM** QUALCOMM, Inc. | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2022-11-22 | 2023-01-31 | **VRTX** Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2022-10-24 | 2023-01-31 | **EWJ** iShares MSCI Japan ETF | Sale | $15,001 - $50,000 |
| 2022-10-24 | 2023-01-31 | **GE** General Electric Co. | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2022-10-24 | 2023-01-31 | **JNJ** Johnson & Johnson | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2022-10-24 | 2023-01-31 | **MCD** McDonald's Corp. | Sale | $15,001 - $50,000 |
| 2022-10-24 | 2023-01-31 | **META** Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2022-10-24 | 2023-01-31 | **MSFT** Microsoft Corp. | Sale | $50,001 - $100,000 |
| 2022-10-24 | 2023-01-31 | **NVS** Novartis | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2022-10-24 | 2023-01-31 | **PG** Procter & Gamble Co. | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2022-10-24 | 2023-01-31 | **T** AT&T Inc. | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2022-10-24 | 2023-01-31 | **UL** Unilever | Sale | $15,001 - $50,000 |
| 2022-10-24 | 2023-01-31 | **WFC** Wells Fargo & Co See Endnote | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2022-10-24 | 2023-01-31 | **WMT** Walmart, Inc. | Sale | $15,001 - $50,000 |
| 2022-10-24 | 2023-01-31 | **WPC** W P Carey Inc. | Sale | $50,001 - $100,000 |
| 2022-10-24 | 2023-01-31 | Warner Brothers Discovery Inc. | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |

## Questions people ask

### Does Burns 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 Burns disclosed?

Tracked Money has read 21 transactions from 4 OGE 278-T reports posted between 31 Jan 2023 and 4 Mar 2023, with trade dates from 24 Oct 2022 to 24 Jan 2023.

### What stocks does Burns own?

The 278-T lists transactions, not holdings. The stocks traded most often in these reports are General Electric Co (GE), iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ), Honeywell International Inc (HON), International Paper Co /New/ (IP), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ). Holdings appear on the annual OGE Form 278e financial disclosure, which this page does not cover.

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

The median trade on this page became public 99 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: 4 (every report OGE has posted as a PDF for this official at the last check); 4 yielded transaction rows.
- Tickers matched: 20 of 21 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:

- 4 Mar 2023: 2 rows — https://extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden.nsf/PAS+Index/D426EF48471B28C085258968003438A1/$FILE/William-J-Burns-01.31.2023-278T.pdf
- 4 Mar 2023: 2 rows — https://extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden.nsf/PAS+Index/D426EF48471B28C085258968003438A1/$FILE/William-J-Burns-01.31.2023-278T.pdf
- 31 Jan 2023: 19 rows — https://extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden.nsf/PAS+Index/5F185826C75E415D8525894800344166/$FILE/William-J-Burns-01.04.2023-278T.pdf
- 31 Jan 2023: 19 rows — https://extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden.nsf/PAS+Index/5F185826C75E415D8525894800344166/$FILE/William-J-Burns-01.04.2023-278T.pdf

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