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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-29 | Buy | VOT Vanguard Mid-Cap growth ETF - DNQ | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-29 | Buy | VOE Vanguard Mid-Cap Value ETF - DNQ | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-29 | Buy | TWTR Twitter, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-29 | Buy | TWTR Twitter, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-29 | Buy | DISCA Discovery Communications, Inc. - Series A | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-29 | Buy | gooDYEAR TIRE & RUBBER 07.000% 051522 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-29 | Sale | ISTAR FINANCIAL INC NTS 05.000% 070119 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-28 | Buy | TWTR Twitter, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-28 | Buy | EQUINIX INC B/E 04.875% 040120 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-25 | Buy | TK Teekay Corporation | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-25 | Buy | gooDYEAR TIRE & RUBBER 07.000% 051522 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-25 | Sale | JC PENNEY CoRP INC NTS 08.125% 100119 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-25 | Buy | ALCoA INC 06.150% 081520 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-24 | Buy | XHR Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-24 | Buy | WMGI Wright Medical Group N.V. - ordinary Shares | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-24 | Buy | VSTO Vista outdoor Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-24 | Sale | UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-24 | Sale | UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-24 | Sale | THG Hanover Insurance group Inc | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-24 | Sale | FAF First American Corporation | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-24 | Buy | gooDYEAR TIRE & RUBBER 07.000% 051522 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-24 | Sale | JC PENNEY CoRP INC NTS 08.125% 100119 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-23 | Sale | INTELSAT JACKSoN HLDgS 07.500% 040121 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-23 | Buy | CELANESE US HoLDINgS LLC 05.875% 061521 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-22 | Buy | FCX Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. Common Stock | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-22 | Buy | FCX Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-22 | Buy | FCX Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-22 | Buy | BIIB Biogen Inc. - Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-22 | Buy | BIIB Biogen Inc. - Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-22 | Buy | CELANESE US HoLDINgS LLC 05.875% 061521 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-22 | Buy | CELANESE US HoLDINgS LLC 05.875% 061521 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-21 | Buy | D Dominion Energy Inc | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-21 | Buy | SILgAN HLDgS INC NTS B/E 05.500% 020122 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-21 | Sale | CBRE SERVICES INC B/E 05.000% 031523 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-18 | Buy | SPRINT CoRP NTS B/E 11.500% 111521 DTD051512 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-18 | Buy | SPRINT CoRP NTS B/E 11.500% 111521 DTD051512 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-18 | Buy | SPRINT CoRP NTS B/E 11.500% 111521 DTD051512 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-18 | Sale | ISTAR FINANCIAL INC NTS 05.000% 070119 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-18 | Sale | ISTAR FINANCIAL INC NTS 05.000% 070119 DTD061314 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-18 | Sale | ISTAR FINANCIAL INC NTS 05.000% 070119 DTD061314 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-17 | Sale | CVC Cablevision Systems Corporation Class A | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-17 | Sale | CVC Cablevision Systems Corporation Class A | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-17 | Buy | TCBI Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. - Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-17 | Buy | SYRG Synergy Resources Corporation | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-17 | Sale | FAF First American Corporation | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-17 | Sale | CVC Cablevision Systems Corporation Class A | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-17 | Buy | CST CST Brands, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-17 | Sale | BCEI Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-17 | Sale | CHC HELICoPTER S A NTS 09.250% 101520 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-16 | Sale | SINCLAIR TELEVISIoN 05.375% 040121 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-16 | Sale | ISTAR FINANCIAL INC NTS 05.000% 070119 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-15 | Buy | NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-14 | Buy | STEEL DYNAMICS INC NTS 05.250% 041523 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-14 | Sale | LINN ENERgY LLC NTS B/E 07.750% 020121 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-11 | Sale | LINN ENERgY LLC NTS B/E 07.750% 020121 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-10 | Sale | DIN Dine Brands global, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-10 | Buy | ABM ABM Industries Incorporated | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-10 | Buy | CELANESE US HoLDINgS LLC 05.875% 061521 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-09 | Buy | NEW JERSEY HEALTH CARE F RV BE/R/ 5 DUE 070131 | $100,001 - $250,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-09 | Buy | CHESAPEAKE ENERgY CoRP 06.125% 021521 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-08 | Buy | MMC Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Common Stock | $100,001 - $250,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-08 | Buy | RUTgER ST UNIV NJ SR F RV BE/R/ 5 DUE 050139 | $100,001 - $250,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-08 | Buy | MMC Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-08 | Buy | MMC Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-08 | Buy | JCI Johnson Controls International plc Ordinary Share | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-08 | Buy | JCI Johnson Controls International plc Ordinary Share | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-08 | Buy | JCI Johnson Controls International plc Ordinary Share | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-08 | Sale | LINN ENERgY LLC NTS B/E 07.750% 020121 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-03 | Buy | CELANESE US HoLDINgS LLC 05.875% 061521 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-02 | Sale | UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-02 | Sale | oFFSHoRE gRoUP INVMT LTD 07.500% 110119 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-01 | Buy | RITE AID CoRP NTS B/E 06.750% 061521 | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-01 | Buy | INTC Intel Corporation - Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-10-08 | 2015-09-01 | Buy | STEEL DYNAMICS INC NTS 05.250% 041523 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-26 | Buy | NEW JERSEY ECoN DEV AUTH SR XX RV BE/R/... | $100,001 - $250,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-26 | Sale | PHG Koninklijke Philips NV Sponsored ADR (PHG) | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-26 | Sale | FDML Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation - Class A | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-26 | Buy | STEEL DYNAMICS INC NTS 05.250% 041523 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-25 | Buy | LTD BRANDS INC NTS B/E 06.625% 040121 | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-25 | Buy | DISH DBS CoRP NTS B/E 05.875% 071522 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-25 | Buy | BERRY PLASTICS CoRP NTS 05.125% 071523 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-25 | Buy | BERRY PLASTICS CoRP NTS 05.125% 071523 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-24 | Buy | APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-24 | Sale | FDML Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation - Class A | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-24 | Buy | APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-24 | Buy | APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-24 | Sale | WYNN LAS VEgAS LLC B/E 05.375% 031522 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-24 | Sale | WYNN LAS VEgAS LLC B/E 05.375% 031522 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-24 | Buy | BERRY PLASTICS CoRP NTS 05.125% 071523 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-21 | Sale | FDML Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation - Class A | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-21 | Sale | WYNN LAS VEgAS LLC B/E 05.375% 031522 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-20 | Sale | WYNN LAS VEgAS LLC B/E 05.375% 031522 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-19 | Sale | CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. Common Stock | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-19 | Buy | SSP E.W. Scripps Company | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-19 | Buy | SJI South Jersey Industries, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-19 | Buy | BXS bancorpSouth bank | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-19 | Sale | WYNN LAS VEgAS LLC B/E 05.375% 031522 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-19 | Buy | RANgE RESoURCES CoRP NTS 05.000% 031523 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-18 | Sale | JNJ Johnson & Johnson Common Stock | $100,001 - $250,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-08 | 2015-08-18 | Buy | HD Home Depot, Inc. | $100,001 - $250,000 | 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.