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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-18 | Sale | IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-18 | Sale | IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-18 | Sale | IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-18 | Sale | IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-18 | Buy | INFA Informatica Corporation | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-18 | Sale | IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-18 | Sale | IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-18 | Sale | IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-18 | Sale | IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-18 | Buy | HDS HD Supply Holdings, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-18 | Buy | FEYE FireEye, Inc. (NASDAQ) | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-18 | Buy | CAR Avis Budget group, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-18 | Sale | ALB Albemarle Corporation Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-18 | Buy | AGIO Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-18 | Buy | CLEAR CHANNEL CoMM INC 09.000% 121519 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-18 | Buy | CLEAR CHANNEL CoMM INC 09.000% 121519 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-17 | Sale | PEABoDY ENERgY CoRP B/E 06.500% 091520 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-17 | Buy | LEAR CoRP NTS B/E 05.250% 011525 DTD112114 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-17 | Buy | INTELSAT JACKSoN HLDgS 07.500% 040121 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-17 | Buy | INTELSAT JACKSoN HLDgS 07.500% 040121 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-17 | Buy | CLEAR CHANNEL CoMM INC 09.000% 121519 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation Common Stock | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | NVS Novartis AG Common Stock | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | JWN Nordstrom, Inc. | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Sale | SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc | $100,001 - $250,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | UNP Union Pacific Corporation Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | UNP Union Pacific Corporation Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | TRV The Travelers Companies, Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | TD The Toronto-Dominion Bank | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | TD The Toronto-Dominion Bank | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Sale | SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | ROK Rockwell Automation, Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | PSO Pearson, Plc Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | NVS Novartis AG Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | NVS Novartis AG Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | MDT Medtronic plc. Ordinary Shares | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | JWN Nordstrom, Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | JNJ Johnson & Johnson Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | INTC Intel Corporation - Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | D Dominion Energy Inc | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | D Dominion Energy Inc | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Sale | BAYRY Bayer AG Sponsored ADR (BAYRY) | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | AFL AFLAC Incorporated Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-16 | Buy | LEAR CoRP NTS B/E 05.250% 011525 DTD112114 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-13 | Buy | TIME Time Inc. | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-13 | Buy | TCBI Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. - Common Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-13 | Buy | HMHC Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-12 | Sale | BAYRY Bayer AG Sponsored ADR (BAYRY) | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-12 | Buy | SINCLAIR TELEVISIoN 05.375% 040121 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-11 | Buy | LEAR CoRP NTS B/E 05.250% 011525 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-10 | Buy | CUYAHogA CNTY oH SALES T RV BE/R/ 5 DUE 120127 | $250,001 - $500,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-09 | Buy | LEAR CoRP NTS B/E 05.250% 011525 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-06 | Buy | XRAY DENTSPLY International Inc. (NASDAQ) | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-06 | Buy | SINCLAIR TELEVISIoN 05.375% 040121 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-05 | Buy | MICRoN TECHNoLogY INC 05.875% 021522 | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-05 | Buy | ENERgY TRANSFER PARTNERS 07.500% 101520 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-04 | Buy | D R HoRToN INC NTS B/E 04.000% 021520 | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-04 | Sale | HLX Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE) | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-04 | Buy | REYNoLDS gRoUP ISSUER 05.750% 101520 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-04 | Buy | MASCo CoRP B/E 05.950% 031522 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-04 | Buy | CRoWN CASTLE INTL CoRP 04.875% 041522 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-04 | Buy | CINEMARK INC NTS B/E 05.125% 121522 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-03 | Buy | VOT Vanguard Mid-Cap growth ETF - DNQ | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-03 | Buy | VOE Vanguard Mid-Cap Value ETF - DNQ | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-03 | Buy | VEA Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund -... | $100,001 - $250,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-03 | Buy | VB Vanguard Small-Cap ETF - DNQ | $100,001 - $250,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-03 | Buy | IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF | $100,001 - $250,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-03 | Buy | IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value | $100,001 - $250,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-03 | Buy | IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | $100,001 - $250,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-03 | Buy | LTD BRANDS INC NTS B/E 06.625% 040121 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-11 | 2015-03-03 | Sale | IRoN MTN INC. NTS B/E 08.375% 081521 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-27 | Sale | HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-27 | Sale | HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | $100,001 - $250,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-27 | Buy | gENL MoToRS FINL Co INC 04.250% 051523 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-27 | Buy | NRg ENERgY INC NTS B/E 06.625% 031523 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-27 | Buy | LEVEL 3 FINg INC NTS B/E 07.000% 060120 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-27 | Buy | LEAR CoRP NTS B/E 05.250% 011525 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-27 | Buy | HERTZ CoRP NTS B/E 06.750% 041519 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-27 | Sale | HERTZ CoRP NTS B/E 05.875% 101520 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-26 | Sale | HERTZ CoRP NTS B/E 05.875% 101520 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-26 | Buy | CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SE 02.000% 030520 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-26 | Sale | CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SE 01.300% 030118 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-26 | Sale | CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SE 01.300% 030118 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-26 | Buy | CATAMARAN CoRP NTS B/E 04.750% 031521 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-25 | Buy | NRg ENERgY INC NTS B/E 06.625% 031523 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-25 | Buy | LEVEL 3 CoMM INC NTS B/E 05.750% 120122 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-25 | Buy | ISTAR FINANCIAL INC NTS 05.000% 070119 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-24 | Sale | HTHIY Hitachi Ltd ADR Japan (HTHIY) | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-24 | Buy | TMICY Trend Micro Incorporated American... | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-24 | Buy | INTL LEASE FIN CoRP NTS 08.250% 121520 | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-23 | Buy | VB Vanguard Small-Cap ETF - DNQ | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-23 | Buy | IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-23 | Buy | IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-23 | Buy | IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | $50,001 - $100,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-23 | Buy | VOT Vanguard Mid-Cap growth ETF - DNQ | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-23 | Buy | VOE Vanguard Mid-Cap Value ETF - DNQ | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2015-03-11 | 2015-02-23 | Buy | VEA Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund -... | $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.