Congress Watch

Stock trades filed by Congress in 2018

89 members of Congress filed 4,646 stock and fund transactions in 2018: 2,552 purchases and 2,094 sales. Counted by the date the report was filed, not the trade date.

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Filings by month

Stock transactions filed per month in 201805001,000Jan: 392JanFeb: 357FebMar: 287MarApr: 243AprMay: 369MayJun: 419JunJul: 246JulAug: 602AugSep: 490SepOct: 412OctNov: 337NovDec: 492Dec

Most traded stocks in 2018

StockTradesBuysSalesMembers
MSFT Microsoft Corporation -... 57312619
AAPL Apple Inc. - Common Stock 55322322
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. - Common Stock 36251118
GE GE Aerospace Common Stock 32122018
T AT&T Inc. 2720715
FB Facebook, Inc. 237169
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Common Stock 2317610
EFX Equifax, Inc. Common Stock 2210122
SLB Schlumberger N.V. Common Stock 2291312
INTC Intel Corporation - Common Stock 2113811
JPM JP Morgan Chase & Co.... 2012811
WMT Walmart Inc. - Common Stock 2014612
CMCSA Comcast Corporation -... 191099
CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. -... 188109
IBM International Business... 1881010
PEP Pepsico, Inc. 1881011
BABA Alibaba Group Holding... 171256
HD Home Depot, Inc. 178910
MA Mastercard Incorporated... 175129
PG Procter & Gamble Company 171078

Most active members in 2018

MemberTradesBuysSales
Thomas MacArthur Republican, NJ 707399308
Greg Gianforte Republican, MT 364138226
Josh Gottheimer Democrat, NJ 306132174
Gary Palmer Republican, AL 26019268
Alan S. Lowenthal Democrat, CA 237107130
K. Michael Conaway Republican, TX 19410391
David A. Trott Republican, MI 1689771
Bill Flores Republican, TX 1627983
Shelley M Capito Republican, WV 15510748
John Rutherford Republican, FL 14712522
Carlos Curbelo Republican, FL 1409050
Lamar Smith Republican, TX 1406773
Thomas J. Rooney Republican, FL 1396079
Lois Frankel Democrat, FL 1356966
Roger W. Marshall Republican, KS 1115556
Earl Blumenauer Democrat, OR 91829
Virginia Foxx Republican, NC 846717
Judy Chu Democrat, CA 763838
Sheldon Whitehouse Democrat, RI 704030
Pete Sessions Republican, TX 573225

Filings arrive up to 45 days after a trade, so a trade can appear in the year after it happened. Early years can look quieter than they were: scanned House filings are not fully covered. Stocks and funds only. Not investment advice.