Re:Many believe it's time to do away with lawmakers making s...
by Emma_Goldman on Friday September 24, 2021 @12:07PM
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Very cool. It would be good if you could overlay Congress' returns with the returns of the market, or a median institutional investor, for comparison. Also, to disaggregate investments by asset class, active/passive funds, etc., so we can really figure out what's going on. Those things make a big difference. I realise this is a passion project though, and that's probably too much work.
Re:Many believe it's time to do away with lawmakers making s...
by vdalal on Friday September 24, 2021 @12:55PM
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Re:Many believe it's time to do away with lawmakers making s...
by nzealand on Friday September 24, 2021 @05:12PM
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Does it measure performance vs the market?
E.g. If I followed Nancy Pelosi's disclosed trades on the day that she disclosed them in accordance with her minimum allocations, I would outperform S&P 500 by 7.7% pa?
Btw, I think something is wrong with your calculations for Derek Kilmer. The poor chap is trading index funds and somehow is performing worse than just about anyone else.
Re:Many believe it's time to do away with lawmakers making s...
by nielsbot on Friday September 24, 2021 @12:28PM
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What’s the lag time on congressional trade reporting? Too bad it’s not fast enough for me to make the same trades. (And would it be considered insider trading then?)
Re:Many believe it's time to do away with lawmakers making s...
by quickthrowman on Friday September 24, 2021 @12:59PM
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> and estimate their returns over time from their trading while in office.
Sorry, but there is no possible way to do this with any sort of precision or accuracy with a 45 day lag time on reporting trades.
https://www.quiverquant.com/sources/senatetrading
https://www.quiverquant.com/sources/housetrading
One weakness of the performance visualization is that some of the most extreme results are from people who have only made one or two trades while in office, as their returns are more volatile off of those few transactions.