The Stock Act of 2012 requires all Members of Congress to publicly file and disclose and financial transactions involving stock and other securities within 45 days with the intent to stop insider trading. Electronic disclosures that were filed within the 45 day window were rare throughout most of the period following the passing of the STOCK Act.
One risk of this strategy is that a person's status as a government representative does not inherently correlate with above-market returns. Per the STOCK Act, members of Congress are required to file reports disclosing securities transactions within 45 days after the trade takes place. Additionally, annual disclosures are due in May the following year. These delays means that this tracking fund can not immediately correlate with any Congressional member's portfolio. Additionally, the portfolio estimation isolates common stock and does not include option trades.
Holdings on annual disclosures and trades on periodic transaction reports are disclosed in dollar amount ranges, so exact amounts are not known. These ranges inform the estimated portfolio of the congressmen, but exact accuracy cannot be ensured. In some instances, a congressmen trimming a portion of a position can be interpreted as liquidating the entire position.
. This strategy invests in fractional shares when available. When not available, it will invest in the nearest (lower) whole number of shares. Please note that this number may be 0 if your investment in this strategy is sufficiently low, meaning our investment strategy advertised returns will be different from your returns.