Congress WatchLou Barletta stock trades
Lou Barletta is a member of the U.S. House (Republican, PA). Filings in this dataset run from 2014-05-22 to 2017-03-01 and list 116 stock transactions: 48 purchases and 68 sales. The median filing came 17 days after the trade; 51 of 137 were filed after the 45-day deadline.
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What copying Lou Barletta would have returned
$10,000 invested on 2015-12-28, buying and selling the same stocks 3 days after each filing became public, ended at $26,141 on 2026-11-09. The same money in the S&P 500 (SPY) ended at $39,014.
That headline is diluted by cash: on average only 78% of the money was invested, because the portfolio holds a few small positions. On the 2,730 days it did hold stocks, the copied holdings returned +9.4% a year against +13.3% for the S&P 500 over the same days: 4.0 percentage points behind the index.
Value of the whole copy portfolio including cash (teal) and of the same money in SPY (red), sampled across the period. Green dots are copied purchases and red dots copied sales (at most 300 are drawn).
Gain or loss by month
Monthly return of the whole copy portfolio, cash included. Green months gained, red months lost; darker means a bigger move. Grey months had no change.
26 copy orders were not placed (no price history, no cash left or the position limit was reached) and 49 disclosed lines could not be copied at all (no ticker, options, bonds). Hypothetical result computed 2026-11-09 with data through 2026-11-09; see the methodology. Not investment advice.
Activity by year
Transactions by the year the report was filed.
Trades by month
Disclosed stock and fund transactions by the month the report was filed; darker means more.
Most traded stocks
| Stock | Trades | Buys | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| MGK L: US Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| TDIV First Trust NASdAQ Technology... | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| DIA sPDR Dow Jones Industrial average ETF | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| VYM Vanguard High dividend Yield ETF - dNQ | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| VFH Vanguard Financials ETF - dNQ | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| VO Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF - dNQ | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| VB Vanguard Small-Cap ETF - DNQ | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| RWL RevenueShares Large Cap | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| QQQ PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 (NASDAQ) | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| PKW PowerShares Buyback Achievers | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| SDY SPdR S&P dividend ETF | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| RDIV RevenueShares Ultra dividend Fund | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. - Common Stock | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Disclosed transactions
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| Filed | Traded | Type | Asset | Amount | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-12-28 | 2015-12-28 | Buy | DIA sPDR Dow Jones Industrial average ETF | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2015-12-28 | 2015-12-28 | Sale | VFH Vanguard Financials ETF - dNQ | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-12-28 | 2015-12-28 | Sale | VFH Vanguard Financials ETF - dNQ | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-12-28 | 2015-12-28 | Sale | TDIV First Trust NASdAQ Technology dividend Index Fund | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-12-28 | 2015-12-28 | Sale | RWL RevenueShares Large Cap | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-12-28 | 2015-12-28 | Sale | RDIV RevenueShares Ultra dividend Fund | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-12-28 | 2015-12-28 | Buy | QQQ PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 (NASDAQ) | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-12-28 | 2015-12-28 | Sale | COP ConocoPhillips Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-12-28 | 2015-12-28 | Sale | BCE BCE, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-11-06 | 2015-10-29 | Sale | KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-11-06 | 2015-10-29 | Sale | KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-02-19 | 2015-02-12 | Sale | AAPL Apple Inc. - Common Stock | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2014-10-22 | 2014-10-22 | Sale | DDD 3D Systems Corporation | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2014-10-03 | 2014-10-01 | Sale | AAPL Apple Inc. - Common Stock | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2014-05-22 | 2014-05-22 | Sale | GIMO gigamon Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2014-05-22 | 2014-05-22 | Sale | DNKN Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
Other members from PA
- Rob Bresnahan Republican, 654 trades
- David H McCormick Republican, 406 trades
- Dwight Evans Democrat, 183 trades
- John Fetterman Democrat, 96 trades
- Daniel Meuser Republican, 83 trades
- Mike Kelly Republican, 78 trades
- Michael G. Fitzpatrick Republican, 38 trades
- Lloyd K. Smucker Republican, 31 trades
Members who trade the same stocks
- K. Michael Conaway Republican, 11 stocks in common
- Gilbert Cisneros Democrat, 8 stocks in common
- Thomas MacArthur Republican, 8 stocks in common
- Carlos Curbelo Republican, 8 stocks in common
- Lisa McClain Republican, 7 stocks in common
- Pete Sessions Republican, 7 stocks in common
- Richard L. Hanna Republican, 7 stocks in common
- Josh Gottheimer Democrat, 6 stocks in common
Common questions
- Did Lou Barletta beat the market?
- Copying Lou Barletta's disclosed stock trades 3 days after each filing returned +9.4% a year on the days the money was invested, against +13.3% for the S&P 500 over the same days: 4.0 percentage points behind the index. This is a hypothetical backtest from 2015-12-28 to 2026-11-09, not investment advice.
- How many stock trades has Lou Barletta disclosed?
- Lou Barletta disclosed 116 stock transactions between 2014-05-22 and 2017-03-01: 48 purchases and 68 sales.
- Which stocks does Lou Barletta trade most?
- The most traded stocks in Lou Barletta's filings are MGK (7), TDIV (6) and DIA (6), by number of transactions.
- How quickly does Lou Barletta report trades?
- The median filing came 17 days after the trade. 51 of 137 filings arrived after the 45-day deadline.