Congress WatchThomas MacArthur stock trades
Thomas MacArthur is a member of the U.S. House (Republican, NJ). Filings in this dataset run from 2015-03-05 to 2019-01-12 and list 4,123 stock transactions: 2,118 purchases and 2,005 sales. The median filing came 25 days after the trade; 275 of 4,196 were filed after the 45-day deadline.
Backtest copying Thomas MacArthur this year
4,123transactions
2,118purchases
2,005sales
25 dmedian delay to file
What copying Thomas MacArthur would have returned
$10,000 invested on 2015-03-05, buying and selling the same stocks 3 days after each filing became public, ended at $34,996 on 2026-11-10. The same money in the S&P 500 (SPY) ended at $38,147.
That headline is diluted by cash: on average only 96% of the money was invested, because the portfolio holds a few small positions. On the 2,938 days it did hold stocks, the copied holdings returned +9.6% a year against +12.3% for the S&P 500 over the same days: 2.7 percentage points behind the index.
+9.6%copied holdings, per year
+12.3%S&P 500, same days
96%avg share invested
223trades executed
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.
1,649 copy orders were not placed (no price history, no cash left or the position limit was reached) and 1,504 disclosed lines could not be copied at all (no ticker, options, bonds). Hypothetical result computed 2026-11-10 with data through 2026-11-10; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTC Intel Corporation - Common Stock | 50 | 36 | 14 |
| VEA Vanguard Developed Markets Index... | 47 | 45 | 2 |
| NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. Common Stock | 42 | 26 | 16 |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value | 41 | 31 | 10 |
| IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | 39 | 28 | 11 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corporation - Common Stock | 36 | 24 | 12 |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF | 35 | 25 | 10 |
| UNP Union Pacific Corporation Common Stock | 32 | 17 | 15 |
| VB Vanguard Small-Cap ETF - DNQ | 31 | 17 | 14 |
| SLB Schlumberger N.V. Common Stock | 30 | 19 | 11 |
| TXN Texas Instruments Incorporated - Common Stock | 29 | 19 | 10 |
| JWN Nordstrom, Inc. | 29 | 16 | 13 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson Common Stock | 29 | 24 | 5 |
| IVZ Invesco Ltd Common Stock | 29 | 15 | 14 |
| VOE Vanguard Mid-Cap Value ETF - DNQ | 27 | 14 | 13 |
Disclosed transactions
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| Filed | Traded | Type | Asset | Amount | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-19 | Buy | BLMN Bloomin' Brands, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-19 | Buy | ADT ADT Corporation | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-19 | Buy | ADSK Autodesk, Inc. - Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-19 | Buy | SoWSTN ENERgY Co NTS B/E 04.050% 012320 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-19 | Buy | ISTAR FINANCIAL INC NTS 05.000% 070119 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-19 | Buy | HCA INC NTS B/E 06.500% 021520 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-15 | Sale | ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc. Common Stock | $100,001 - $250,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-15 | Buy | OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-15 | Sale | ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-15 | Sale | ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-15 | Buy | SoWSTN ENERgY Co NTS B/E 04.050% 012320 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-15 | Buy | CHS / CMNTY HEALTH SYS 05.125% 081518 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-14 | Buy | TWTR Twitter, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-14 | Sale | SoWSTN ENERgY Co NTS B/E 04.050% 012320 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-14 | Sale | PoST HLDgS INC NTS 07.375% 021522 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-13 | Sale | PoST HLDgS INC NTS 07.375% 021522 | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-13 | Sale | BALL CoRP NTS B/E 05.000% 031522 | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-13 | Buy | TWTR Twitter, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-13 | Buy | TWTR Twitter, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-13 | Buy | APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-13 | Buy | APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-13 | Buy | BALL CoRP NTS B/E 04.375% 121520 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-12 | Buy | CLEAN HARBoRS INC B/E 05.250% 080120 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-12 | Sale | BALL CoRP NTS B/E 05.000% 031522 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-11 | Buy | UNITED RENTALS NA INC 07.625% 041522 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-08 | Sale | LTD BRANDS INC NTS B/E 06.625% 040121 | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-08 | Buy | D R HoRToN INC 04.000% 021520 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-08 | Sale | CIT gRoUP INC B/E 05.000% 081522 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-06 | Buy | PFF iShares US Preferred Stock ETF | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-06 | Sale | LQD iShares iBoxx $ Investment grade... | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-06 | Buy | PFF iShares US Preferred Stock ETF | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-06 | Sale | LQD iShares iBoxx $ Investment grade... | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-06 | Buy | PFF iShares US Preferred Stock ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-06 | Sale | LQD iShares iBoxx $ Investment grade... | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-06 | Sale | CoMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS 06.875% 020122 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-05 | Buy | ISTAR FINANCIAL INC NTS 04.000% 110117 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-06 | 2016-01-05 | Sale | CIT gRoUP INC B/E 05.000% 081522 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-30 | Buy | VIG Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | VIG Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | VFC V.F. Corporation (NYSE) | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | TXN Texas Instruments Incorporated - Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | SCHD Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | ROK Rockwell Automation, Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | PFF iShares US Preferred Stock ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | PEP Pepsico, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | NVS Novartis AG Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | MSFT Microsoft Corporation - Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | MMC Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | MDT Medtronic plc. Ordinary Shares | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | MCD McDonald's Corporation Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | LQD iShares iBoxx $ Investment grade... | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | JNK SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | IVZ Invesco Ltd Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | INTC Intel Corporation - Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | HD Home Depot, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | D Dominion Energy Inc | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | CL Colgate-Palmolive Company Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Sale | ACN Accenture plc Class A Ordinary Shares | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-29 | Buy | ISTAR FINANCIAL INC NTS 04.000% 110117 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-28 | Buy | VEA Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund -... | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-28 | Buy | IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-22 | Buy | VIG Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-22 | Sale | JWN Nordstrom, Inc. | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-22 | Sale | D Dominion Energy Inc | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-22 | Sale | VFC V.F. Corporation (NYSE) | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-22 | Buy | SCHD Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-22 | Buy | SCHD Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-22 | Sale | NVS Novartis AG Common Stock | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-22 | Sale | ROK Rockwell Automation, Inc. Common Stock | $100,001 - $250,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-22 | Sale | OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation Common Stock | $100,001 - $250,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-22 | Sale | JCI Johnson Controls International plc Ordinary Share | $100,001 - $250,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-22 | Sale | IVZ Invesco Ltd Common Stock | $100,001 - $250,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-22 | Sale | ACN Accenture plc Class A Ordinary Shares | $100,001 - $250,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-22 | Sale | OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-22 | Sale | OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-22 | Sale | JWN Nordstrom, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-22 | Sale | JWN Nordstrom, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-22 | Sale | JCI Johnson Controls International plc Ordinary Share | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-22 | Sale | JCI Johnson Controls International plc Ordinary Share | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-21 | Buy | CPGX Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc. | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-21 | Buy | D Dominion Energy Inc | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-21 | Buy | SLM CoRP CALL@MW+50BP 05.500% 011519 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-18 | Buy | UNITED RENTALS NA INC 07.375% | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-17 | Buy | ISTAR FINANCIAL INC NTS 04.000% 110117 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-16 | Sale | VEA Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund -... | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-16 | Buy | IUSG iShares Core U.S. growth ETF | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-16 | Sale | IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-16 | Buy | EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-16 | Sale | WMB Williams Companies, Inc. | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-16 | Sale | WFT Weatherford International plc | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-16 | Sale | WDC Western Digital Corporation - Common Stock | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-16 | Sale | TWTR Twitter, Inc. | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-16 | Sale | TK Teekay Corporation | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-16 | Buy | EQM EQT Midstream Partners, LP Common Units... | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-16 | Sale | APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-16 | Buy | VWO Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF | $250,001 - $500,000 | Source |
| 2016-01-06 | 2015-12-16 | Buy | IWN iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF | $250,001 - $500,000 | Source |
Other members from NJ
- Josh Gottheimer Democrat, 3,611 trades
- Tom Malinowski Democrat, 395 trades
- Mikie Sherrill Democrat, 300 trades
- Frank A. LoBiondo Republican, 75 trades
- Thomas H. Kean Jr Republican, 73 trades
- Thomas H. Kean Republican, 70 trades
- Thomas H. Kean Jr. Party unknown, 24 trades
- Cory A Booker Democrat, 19 trades
Members who trade the same stocks
- Alan Armstrong Republican, 162 stocks in common
- Gilbert Cisneros Democrat, 147 stocks in common
- Daniel Goldman Democrat, 146 stocks in common
- K. Michael Conaway Republican, 119 stocks in common
- Josh Gottheimer Democrat, 117 stocks in common
- Greg Gianforte Republican, 112 stocks in common
- Lisa McClain Republican, 104 stocks in common
- Lois Frankel Democrat, 103 stocks in common
Common questions
- Did Thomas MacArthur beat the market?
- Copying Thomas MacArthur's disclosed stock trades 3 days after each filing returned +9.6% a year on the days the money was invested, against +12.3% for the S&P 500 over the same days: 2.7 percentage points behind the index. This is a hypothetical backtest from 2015-03-05 to 2026-11-10, not investment advice.
- How many stock trades has Thomas MacArthur disclosed?
- Thomas MacArthur disclosed 4,123 stock transactions between 2015-03-05 and 2019-01-12: 2,118 purchases and 2,005 sales.
- Which stocks does Thomas MacArthur trade most?
- The most traded stocks in Thomas MacArthur's filings are INTC (50), VEA (47) and NEE (42), by number of transactions.
- How quickly does Thomas MacArthur report trades?
- The median filing came 25 days after the trade. 275 of 4,196 filings arrived after the 45-day deadline.