Earl Blumenauer’s disclosed stock trades — and what copying them returned

Earl Blumenauer (House) has disclosed 230 stock trades under the STOCK Act, from Apr 14, 2014 to Dec 7, 2024160 buys and 67 sells, read straight from the official filings. The median gap between a trade and the public finding out was 22 days — which is why every number below starts at the disclosure date, the earliest day anyone could actually have copied a trade.

What copying every disclosed buy would have returned

Our engine bought at the first opening price after each of Earl Blumenauer’s disclosed purchases became public, held until the matching sale was disclosed, and marked the book against simply holding the S&P 500 over the same window (Apr 15, 2014Aug 11, 2026). Fees on, position sizes equal — a filing never discloses the real amount, only a band.

Copy-return, total+391.0%
S&P 500 over the same window+414.5%
Difference-23.5%
Annualized over 12.3 years+13.8% vs +14.2% -0.4% a year against the index
Deepest fall along the way-33.8%
Positions that closed ahead64%
Disclosed buys / actually copied160 / 149

Read the fill count before the return: a figure built on a handful of copied positions is an anecdote, whatever it says. And a copy-return is not Earl Blumenauer’s own return — the disclosure lag means a copier never got their entry price.

Most-traded tickers

NWN (52) · KR (6) · MDT (5) · ERJ (5) · QCOM (5) · PFE (5) · ICE (5) · BROS (5) · INTC (5) · C (5)

Recent filings

The latest 50 disclosed trades, newest filing first. Both dates are shown because the gap between them is the whole story.

TickerTypeTradedDisclosedLagAmount band
NWNBuyNov 15, 2024Dec 7, 202422d$1,001 - $15,000
VTRSellSep 19, 2024Oct 8, 202419d$15,001 - $50,000
NWNBuyAug 15, 2024Sep 6, 202422d$1,001 - $15,000
WBDSellJul 9, 2024Aug 6, 202428d$1,001 - $15,000
BAXBuyJul 9, 2024Aug 6, 202428d$15,001 - $50,000
MDTSellJul 9, 2024Aug 6, 202428d$1,001 - $15,000
CVSSellJun 27, 2024Jul 6, 20249d$1,001 - $15,000
NWNBuyMay 15, 2024Jun 6, 202422d$1,001 - $15,000
RTXBuyApr 4, 2024May 4, 202430d$1,001 - $15,000
MGASellApr 4, 2024May 4, 202430d$1,001 - $15,000
TELSellApr 4, 2024May 4, 202430d$15,001 - $50,000
VBuyApr 4, 2024May 4, 202430d$1,001 - $15,000
NKEBuyApr 4, 2024May 4, 202430d$15,001 - $50,000
ERJPartial sellApr 4, 2024May 4, 202430d$1,001 - $15,000
BXPartial sellApr 4, 2024May 4, 202430d$1,001 - $15,000
SOBuyApr 4, 2024May 4, 202430d$15,001 - $50,000
DGXSellApr 4, 2024May 4, 202430d$1,001 - $15,000
MCKPartial sellApr 4, 2024May 4, 202430d$15,001 - $50,000
KRSellApr 4, 2024May 4, 202430d$1,001 - $15,000
CATPartial sellApr 4, 2024May 4, 202430d$1,001 - $15,000
NWNBuyFeb 15, 2024Mar 12, 202426d$1,001 - $15,000
QCOMBuyFeb 12, 2024Mar 2, 202419d$1,001 - $15,000
PHGBuyFeb 12, 2024Mar 2, 202419d$1,001 - $15,000
GOOGLPartial sellFeb 1, 2024Mar 2, 202430d$1,001 - $15,000
ULSellFeb 12, 2024Mar 2, 202419d$1,001 - $15,000
PFEBuyFeb 12, 2024Mar 2, 202419d$1,001 - $15,000
AMZNBuyFeb 12, 2024Mar 2, 202419d$15,001 - $50,000
ALKSellDec 13, 2023Jan 4, 202422d$1,001 - $15,000
DEOBuyDec 7, 2023Jan 4, 202428d$15,001 - $50,000
PYPLSellNov 9, 2023Dec 4, 202325d$1,001 - $15,000
IPSellNov 8, 2023Dec 4, 202326d$1,001 - $15,000
NWNBuyNov 15, 2023Dec 4, 202319d$1,001 - $15,000
SYYBuyAug 23, 2023Sep 6, 202314d$1,001 - $15,000
FSellAug 16, 2023Sep 6, 202321d$15,001 - $50,000
SYYBuyAug 24, 2023Sep 6, 202313d$1,001 - $15,000
NWNBuyAug 15, 2023Sep 6, 202322d$1,001 - $15,000
ICESellJul 27, 2023Aug 4, 20238d$1,001 - $15,000
MOHBuyJun 15, 2023Jul 12, 202327d$15,001 - $50,000
CNCSellJun 15, 2023Jul 12, 202327d$1,001 - $15,000
BROSSellJun 30, 2023Jul 12, 202312d$1,001 - $15,000
NWNBuyMay 15, 2023Jun 8, 202324d$1,001 - $15,000
PYPLBuyMay 10, 2023Jun 8, 202329d$1,001 - $15,000
SIVBBuyMar 9, 2023Apr 5, 202327d$1,001 - $15,000
FDXSellMar 9, 2023Apr 5, 202327d$1,001 - $15,000
BACSellMar 9, 2023Apr 5, 202327d$1,001 - $15,000
FRCSellMar 20, 2023Apr 5, 202316d$1,001 - $15,000
NWNBuyFeb 15, 2023Mar 9, 202322d$1,001 - $15,000
NWNBuyNov 15, 2022Dec 4, 202219d$1,001 - $15,000
AAPLBuyOct 28, 2022Nov 10, 202213d$15,001 - $50,000
VZBuyOct 10, 2022Nov 10, 202231d$15,001 - $50,000

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See plans All members and how the ranking works

Entries are at the first open AFTER the disclosure date — the earliest any copier could act. The member's own entry was up to 45 days earlier. Disclosed amounts are bands, not sizes; every position is sized at your chosen % of portfolio, which is not how the member sized it. Option purchases are copied as the underlying shares. A filing discloses no strike and no expiry, so an option cannot be mirrored — buying the stock is the closest a reader could get. It is 1.6% of all disclosed buys, but for some members it is a quarter to a half of everything they file, so their figure describes copying the filing rather than what the position itself did. Dividends are treated as reinvested (adjusted closes). Fees and taxes are not modeled. Positions are sized from equity at the time of each entry, so gains compound into later position sizes and most of the account sits in cash between filings. Read the drawdown next to the exposure figures: a portfolio that is mostly cash shows a small whole-portfolio drawdown even when its holdings fell hard. Absolute returns are model outputs, not achievable returns. Past disclosures are no promise of future filings — members stop trading, leave office, or file late in batches.