SHIA LaBeouf has confirmed reports he’s started trading stocks and shares.
The actor — who is currently shooting new movie Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, which sees him play a young Wall Street whizzkid who dates the daughter of Michael Douglas‘ Gordon Gekko character — says he knew nothing about the financial world when he was first cast by Oliver Stone, so he walked into a brokerage firm and asked for help — and soon got so hooked, it has become the biggest part of his life.
The actor says he used $20,000 to study the markets. “As of this morning, that’s $297,000,” he said.
“I manage my own portfolio. I check through the day, read the daily Wall Street Journal, trade personally on my cellphone, text people throughout the day, carry my laptop on the set, have Bloomberg on speed-dial. I now have lots of friends in lots of places.”
And the Transformers star is not alone — his costar Josh Brolin has also become hooked on trading.
“Shia and Josh Brolin finish their scenes, then talk market all day,” said director Stone. “I now go to Shia to ask, ‘What’s happening in the market?’ He started on it with this film and now knows everything.”
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