The worst way to make money off Trump: invest in his company

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There are plenty of ways to stake your money on President Donald Trump — just invest in an index fund if you trust he's afraid to disappoint Wall Street, use prediction markets to guess his latest moves, or maybe bet that he'll chicken out on whatever brinksmanship he's engaged in on any given day. Heck, you can even plow money into any one of his various crypto memecoins. But there is one Trump-related money maneuver that hasn't borne out: investing in his stock.