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 $34,962 on 2026-11-09. 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 2,937 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 2026-11-09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTC Intel Corporation - Common Stock | 50 | 36 | 14 |
| VEA Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-06 | 2018-10-02 | Buy | IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2018-12-06 | 2018-10-02 | Buy | IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2018-12-06 | 2018-10-02 | Buy | IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2018-12-06 | 2018-10-01 | Sale | MIAMI-DADE CNTY FL AVIA SR A RV BE/R/... | $50,001 - c $100,000 | Source |
| 2018-12-06 | 2018-10-01 | Buy | VWO Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 d | Source |
| 2018-12-06 | 2018-10-01 | Buy | VEA Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-28 | Buy | DANOY Danone Sponsored ADR (DANOY) | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-27 | Buy | REPYY Repsol S.A. Sponsored ADR | $15,001 - f $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-27 | Sale | NVT nVent Electric plc Ordinary Shares | $15,001 - d $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-27 | Buy | DANOY Danone Sponsored ADR (DANOY) | $15,001 - c $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-26 | Buy | DANOY Danone Sponsored ADR (DANOY) | $15,001 - f $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-26 | Partial sale | RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-26 | Buy | XLF SPDR Select Sector Fund - Financial | $1,001 - $15,000 d | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-25 | Buy | DANOY Danone Sponsored ADR (DANOY) | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-21 | Buy | ELAN Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Common Stock | $15,001 - f $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-19 | Buy | CRL Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-19 | Sale | FRCOY Fast Retailing Co Ltd ADR (FRCOY) | $1,001 - $15,000 e | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-18 | Partial sale | FRCOY Fast Retailing Co Ltd ADR (FRCOY) | $50,001 - b $100,000 | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-18 | Partial sale | IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | $100,001 - g $250,000 | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-18 | Buy | VWO Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF | $100,001 - f $250,000 | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-17 | Buy | NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-13 | Buy | BASFY BASF SE | $15,001 - g $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-13 | Buy | BASFY BASF SE | $15,001 - c $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-13 | Buy | MSFT Microsoft Corporation - Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-13 | Buy | CRL Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-12 | Buy | TWTR Twitter, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-12 | Buy | CRL Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-12 | Partial sale | UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-11 | Partial sale | UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated Common Stock | $15,001 - f $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-11 | Buy | SMG Scotts Miracle-gro Company | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-11 | Buy | JNJ Johnson & Johnson Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 e | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-11 | Buy | CRL Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 e | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-10 | Buy | SMG Scotts Miracle-gro Company | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-10 | Buy | CVX Chevron Corporation Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-07 | Sale | CSL Carlisle Companies Inc | $15,001 - f $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-06 | Buy | FLIR FLIR Systems, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-06 | Partial sale | CDW CDW Corporation - Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-05 | Partial sale | CDW CDW Corporation - Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 d | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-04 | Sale | NEW JERSEY ENVIRoNMENTAL SR A RV BE/R/ 4... | $250,001 - f $500,000 | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-04 | Sale | NEW JERSEY ENVIRoNMENTAL SR A RV... | $15,001 - c $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-10-06 | 2018-09-04 | Buy | INTC Intel Corporation - Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2018-09-23 | 2018-08-31 | Buy | CHICAgo IL o HARE INTL A SR C RV BE/R/ 5... | $100,001 - d $250,000 | Source |
| 2018-09-23 | 2018-08-29 | Buy | NEW JERSEY ST TPK AUTH T SR H RV oID99.0... | $15,001 - f $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-09-23 | 2018-08-28 | Buy | IDEXY Industria De Diseno Textil Inditex ADR (IDEXY) | $15,001 - c $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-09-23 | 2018-08-24 | Sale | NEW JERSEY TRANS TRUST A-2 RV BE/R/ 5... | $100,001 - d $250,000 | Source |
| 2018-09-23 | 2018-08-17 | Sale | BAYRY Bayer AG Sponsored ADR (BAYRY) | $15,001 - g $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-09-23 | 2018-08-16 | Partial sale | BAYRY Bayer AG Sponsored ADR (BAYRY) | $15,001 - c $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-09-23 | 2018-08-14 | Partial sale | UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2018-09-23 | 2018-08-13 | Buy | TXN Texas Instruments Incorporated - Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2018-09-23 | 2018-08-09 | Buy | FANUY Fanuc Corporation | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2018-09-23 | 2018-08-08 | Buy | FANUY Fanuc Corporation | $15,001 - g $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-09-23 | 2018-08-08 | Partial sale | BIDU Baidu, Inc. - American Depositary... | $15,001 - b $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-26 | Buy | MIAM-DADE CNTY BE/R/ 5 DUE 031530 DTD 050217 [gS] | $100,001 - c $250,000 | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-25 | Partial sale | RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-24 | Buy | JNJ Johnson & Johnson Common Stock | $50,001 - g $100,000 | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-24 | Partial sale | PX Praxair Inc. | $15,001 - g $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-24 | Partial sale | SU Suncor Energy Inc. | $15,001 - c $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-24 | Buy | RSG Republic Services, Inc. Common Stock | $15,001 - c $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-24 | Partial sale | SU Suncor Energy Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-24 | Buy | JNJ Johnson & Johnson Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-24 | Buy | JNJ Johnson & Johnson Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-24 | Partial sale | SU Suncor Energy Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 d | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-24 | Buy | RSG Republic Services, Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 d | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-24 | Buy | RSG Republic Services, Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-24 | Partial sale | BLK BlackRock, Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 b | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-24 | Partial sale | BLK BlackRock, Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 b | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-23 | Buy | WYNDHAM WoRLDWIDE CoRP 05.100% 100125 | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-23 | Buy | PTC INC NTS B/E 06.000% 051524 | $1,001 - $15,000 e | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-23 | Buy | EQUINIX INC B/E 05.875% 011526 | $1,001 - $15,000 d | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-19 | Partial sale | EADSY Airbus SE | $1,001 - $15,000 b | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-17 | Buy | AMGP Antero Midstream gP LP Common Shares of... | $50,001 - f $100,000 | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-17 | Buy | EQM EQT Midstream Partners, LP Common Units... | $15,001 - d $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-17 | Partial sale | ARLP Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. -... | $15,001 - d $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-16 | Sale | PoRT AUTH N Y & N J REV [email protected]... | $50,001 - g $100,000 | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-16 | Sale | CSC HLDgS INC 07.625% 071518 | $15,001 - c $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-16 | Sale | QoRVo INC NTS B/E 07.000% 120125 | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-13 | Buy | DPSGY Deutsche Post Ag Sponsored ADR | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-11 | Buy | CHICAgo IL METRo WATER R TAX SR B BE/R/... | $100,001 - g $250,000 | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-10 | Buy | CDK gLoB INC NTS B/E 05.875% 061526 | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-10 | Buy | IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 e | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-10 | Buy | IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-10 | Sale | CRRFY Carrefour SA Sponsored ADR (CRRFY) | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-09 | Buy | NEW JERSEY ST TPK AUTH SR E BE/R/ 5 DUE... | $100,001 - g $250,000 | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-09 | Buy | MIAMI-DADE CNTY FL SR A BE/R/ 5 DUE 070132 [gS] | $100,001 - g $250,000 | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-09 | Partial sale | CRRFY Carrefour SA Sponsored ADR (CRRFY) | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-06 | Partial sale | CRRFY Carrefour SA Sponsored ADR (CRRFY) | $15,001 - g $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-02 | Sale | INDIANA ST FIN AUTH RV BE/R/ 5 DUE 070119 [gS] | $50,001 - c $100,000 | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-02 | Sale | NEW JERSEY ST EDL FACS A SR A RV BE/R/ 5... | $250,001 - c $500,000 | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-02 | Sale | ABEV Ambev S.A. American Depositary Shares | $15,001 - g $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-07-02 | Buy | ENERgY NoRTHWEST WA ELEC SR A BE/R/ 5... | $100,001 - f $250,000 | Source |
| 2018-07-10 | 2018-06-29 | Partial sale | ABEV Ambev S.A. American Depositary Shares | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2018-07-10 | 2018-06-27 | Buy | CTRP Ctrip.com International, Ltd. - American... | $15,001 - e $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-07-10 | 2018-06-27 | Buy | VEA Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2018-07-10 | 2018-06-27 | Buy | VEA Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2018-07-10 | 2018-06-26 | Partial sale | RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 b | Source |
| 2018-07-10 | 2018-06-25 | Buy | KUBTY Kubota Corporation ADR Japan (KUBTY) | $15,001 - f $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-07-10 | 2018-06-25 | Buy | BAYRY Bayer AG Sponsored ADR (BAYRY) | $15,001 - c $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-07-10 | 2018-06-25 | Buy | IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2018-07-10 | 2018-06-25 | Buy | CHEMoURS Co LLC NTS B/E 07.000% 051525 | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2018-07-10 | 2018-06-22 | Partial sale | SLB Schlumberger N.V. Common Stock | $15,001 - d $50,000 | 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 2026-11-09, 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.