Shia LaBeouf was spotted joking and laughing with director Oliver Stone and co-star Carey Mulligan on set of Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps in New York City today (November 5).

The 23-year-old Transformer star looked like quite the businessman as he walked to set enjoying a cigarette and coffee before shooting.

Meanwhile, Shia has confirmed reports he’s started trading stocks and shares.

Claiming he walked into a brokerage firm and asked for help using $20 000 to study the markets, he says: “As of this morning, that’s $297 000. 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.”