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Members of Congress report stock trades under the STOCK Act — up to 45 days after the trade. Here are recent disclosures, and an honest look at how purchases compared with the market.

Recently disclosed trades

Disclosed through Sep 9, 2026

Recent congressional stock trades from STOCK Act disclosures
MemberAssetTypeTradedDisclosedAmount
April McClain DelaneyHouse · D-MDWABSale (full)Aug 3, 2026Sep 9, 202637 days later$15,001–$50,000
April McClain DelaneyHouse · D-MDVIKSale (full)Aug 3, 2026Sep 9, 202637 days later$1,001–$15,000
April McClain DelaneyHouse · D-MDService Corporation InternationalSale (full)Aug 3, 2026Sep 9, 202637 days later$1,001–$15,000
April McClain DelaneyHouse · D-MDMFPSale (full)Aug 3, 2026Sep 9, 202637 days later$15,001–$50,000
April McClain DelaneyHouse · D-MDLTHPurchaseAug 3, 2026Sep 9, 202637 days later$15,001–$50,000
April McClain DelaneyHouse · D-MDLiberty Media Corporation - Series C Liberty Formula One Common StockPurchaseAug 3, 2026Sep 9, 202637 days later$15,001–$50,000
April McClain DelaneyHouse · D-MDHUBBPurchaseAug 3, 2026Sep 9, 202637 days later$1,001–$15,000
April McClain DelaneyHouse · D-MDCPAYSale (full)Aug 3, 2026Sep 9, 202637 days later$1,001–$15,000

Amounts are reported as ranges, not exact figures. Source: Disclosed Capitol (structured STOCK Act periodic transaction reports, House and Senate), 17,935 trades disclosed 2012–2026. Current members of Congress only; trades in assets without an SEC ticker (bonds, funds, private holdings) are shown but not matched to a stock, so they are excluded from ticker-level research.

Did purchases beat the market?

Congress as a whole

Across 12 disclosure years (2014–2025), stock purchases disclosed by current members trailed the S&P 500 by about 1.3 percentage points on average over the following 12 months, and beat it in 4 of those 12 years.

−100+102014: −0.3 pp vs. S&P 500 (148 independent observations)2014n=1482015: −5.2 pp vs. S&P 500 (197 independent observations)2015n=1972016: −2.8 pp vs. S&P 500 (245 independent observations)2016n=2452017: +1.5 pp vs. S&P 500 (394 independent observations)2017n=3942018: −0.2 pp vs. S&P 500 (292 independent observations)2018n=2922019: +0.4 pp vs. S&P 500 (209 independent observations)2019n=2092020: +7.7 pp vs. S&P 500 (285 independent observations)2020n=2852021: −3.4 pp vs. S&P 500 (340 independent observations)2021n=3402022: +4.3 pp vs. S&P 500 (212 independent observations)2022n=2122023: −4.3 pp vs. S&P 500 (277 independent observations)2023n=2772024: −8.5 pp vs. S&P 500 (409 independent observations)2024n=4092025: −1.4 pp vs. S&P 500 (595 independent observations)2025n=595percentage points vs. S&P 500

Bars are the average gap to the S&P 500 in percentage points; whiskers are 95% intervals. n is independent observations (a member buying one stock several times in a month counts once).

A closer look: Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi's disclosed purchases are among the most-followed, so here is what they did — every measured outcome, not just the average. Her 58 independent observations (from 70 purchases, 2014–2024) averaged +5.9 pp against the S&P 500 over 12 months (+20.0% vs. +14.2%). But the 95% range runs from −4.4 pp to +17.1 pp, which includes zero — this record is consistent with no edge at all, and does not establish outperformance.

average +5.9 ppFRGE · 2024-03: −72.1 ppRGNX · 2020-04: −61.1 ppRBLX · 2021-12: −56.7 ppPYPL · 2022-01: −43.4 ppDIS · 2020-12: −41.2 ppPYPL · 2020-12: −41.0 ppDBX · 2018-03: −40.7 ppRBLX · 2021-10: −34.3 ppCRM · 2021-12: −33.2 ppAMZN · 2021-05: −30.7 ppTSLA · 2022-03: −29.4 ppNFLX · 2020-06: −28.9 ppRDFN · 2023-03: −28.0 ppDIS · 2021-12: −25.9 ppRDFN · 2020-11: −20.7 ppAAPL · 2023-03: −20.0 ppDIS · 2022-01: −15.4 ppABT · 2021-02: −12.7 ppAMZN · 2018-10: −10.7 ppCRM · 2020-08: −10.1 ppAAPL · 2023-06: −8.0 ppSUNE · 2014-10: −7.4 ppDIS · 2016-01: −6.8 ppRGEN · 2021-07: −5.8 ppAAPL · 2018-02: −4.2 ppNVDA · 2021-07: −4.1 ppAAPL · 2022-01: −3.8 ppAAPL · 2018-09: −3.0 ppCWST · 2020-09: −0.9 ppABT · 2020-12: +1.8 ppAAPL · 2016-01: +2.8 ppAAPL · 2020-12: +5.7 ppMSFT · 2023-06: +6.2 ppAXP · 2022-01: +6.6 ppNVDA · 2021-06: +8.2 ppCRM · 2019-06: +12.1 ppMSFT · 2020-02: +12.9 ppMSFT · 2021-03: +13.9 ppAAPL · 2021-05: +15.1 ppAAPL · 2022-05: +16.2 ppDIS · 2014-12: +18.3 ppAAPL · 2017-06: +18.6 ppMSFT · 2022-05: +19.2 ppAB · 2021-02: +19.5 ppDIS · 2014-11: +22.3 ppAAPL · 2017-01: +22.8 ppPYPL · 2020-06: +32.1 ppWORK · 2020-02: +32.5 ppNVDA · 2024-08: +34.1 ppNFLX · 2019-07: +35.3 ppTSLA · 2020-12: +35.4 ppAMZN · 2019-07: +39.9 ppAMZN · 2020-01: +46.2 ppAAPL · 2016-05: +46.5 ppPYPL · 2020-04: +99.1 ppRDFN · 2019-08: +122.2 ppNVDA · 2022-06: +142.2 ppNVDA · 2023-11: +151.8 pp−100−500+50+100+150+200percentage points vs. S&P 500

Each dot is one purchase (or several of one stock in a month); the shaded band is the 95% range of the average. A few large winners can lift an average while most individual outcomes sit on either side of zero.

Source
STOCK Act disclosures via Disclosed Capitol
Measured
12 months from the first trading day after disclosure
Benchmark
S&P 500 (SPY)
Computed
Sep 23, 2026
  • One member's disclosed open-market stock purchases only -- not evidence about Congress as a whole, whose purchases trailed the S&P 500 on average over the same years.
  • The member was chosen for prominence, and the result was checked after the fact; a single prominent name is not a tested strategy.
  • Each purchase is measured from the first trading day after its disclosure (not the transaction date), for 12 months, against the S&P 500 (SPY) over the same days. Filings can lag the trade by up to 45 days, so the price move between trade and disclosure is excluded.
  • Not a portfolio: every purchase is treated as an equal, independent bet. No fees, taxes, or capital constraints, and no one could have bought all of these at once.
  • Historical measurement. Not investment advice, and not a recommendation to copy any member's trades.

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