Frank LoBiondo’s disclosed stock trades — and what copying them returned

Frank LoBiondo (House) has disclosed 39 stock trades under the STOCK Act, from Jul 20, 2016 to Dec 18, 20187 buys and 30 sells, read straight from the official filings. The median gap between a trade and the public finding out was 27 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 Frank LoBiondo’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 (Jul 21, 2016Aug 11, 2026). Fees on, position sizes equal — a filing never discloses the real amount, only a band.

Copy-return, total+321.4%
S&P 500 over the same window+318.6%
Difference+2.8%
Annualized over 10.1 years+15.4% vs +15.3% +0.1% a year against the index
Deepest fall along the way-33.7%
Positions that closed ahead100%
Disclosed buys / actually copied7 / 7

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 Frank LoBiondo’s own return — the disclosure lag means a copier never got their entry price.

Most-traded tickers

SJM (2) · NEE (2) · LOW (2) · ES (2) · WEC (2) · SYY (2) · MSFT (2) · CLX (2) · BXLT (2) · BLK (1)

Recent filings

The latest 39 disclosed trades, newest filing first. Both dates are shown because the gap between them is the whole story.

TickerTypeTradedDisclosedLagAmount band
BLKBuyDec 14, 2018Dec 18, 20184d$1,001 - $15,000
IBMSellDec 10, 2018Dec 17, 20187d$1,001 - $15,000
QCOMSellDec 10, 2018Dec 17, 20187d$1,001 - $15,000
AAPLBuyDec 10, 2018Dec 17, 20187d$1,001 - $15,000
ACNBuyNov 2, 2017Nov 6, 20174d$1,001 - $15,000
JPMBuyOct 27, 2017Nov 2, 20176d$1,001 - $15,000
KSellOct 9, 2017Oct 17, 20178d$1,001 - $15,000
SJMSellOct 9, 2017Oct 17, 20178d$1,001 - $15,000
SOSellSep 8, 2017Sep 19, 201711d$1,001 - $15,000
CSCOBuySep 8, 2017Sep 19, 201711d$1,001 - $15,000
PAYXSellMay 17, 2017Jun 13, 201727d$1,001 - $15,000
NEESellMay 17, 2017Jun 13, 201727d$1,001 - $15,000
LOWSellMay 17, 2017Jun 13, 201727d$1,001 - $15,000
ITWSellMay 17, 2017Jun 13, 201727d$1,001 - $15,000
ESSellMay 17, 2017Jun 13, 201727d$1,001 - $15,000
WECSellMay 17, 2017Jun 13, 201727d$1,001 - $15,000
SYYSellMay 17, 2017Jun 13, 201727d$1,001 - $15,000
PEPSellMay 17, 2017Jun 13, 201727d$1,001 - $15,000
NSCSellMay 17, 2017Jun 13, 201727d$1,001 - $15,000
MSFTSellMay 17, 2017Jun 13, 201727d$1,001 - $15,000
JNJSellMay 17, 2017Jun 13, 201727d$1,001 - $15,000
HRSSellMay 17, 2017Jun 13, 201727d$1,001 - $15,000
CLXSellMay 17, 2017Jun 13, 201727d$1,001 - $15,000
JWNSellDec 5, 2016Dec 20, 201615d$1,001 - $15,000
WECSellJun 13, 2016Jul 20, 201637d$1,001 - $15,000
MSFTSellJun 13, 2016Jul 20, 201637d$1,001 - $15,000
LOWSellJun 13, 2016Jul 20, 201637d$1,001 - $15,000
CBExchangeJan 15, 2016Jul 20, 2016187d$1,001 - $15,000
CLXSellJun 13, 2016Jul 20, 201637d$1,001 - $15,000
BAXSellJul 30, 2015Jul 20, 2016356d$1,001 - $15,000
BXLTSellJul 30, 2015Jul 20, 2016356d$1,001 - $15,000
SYYSellJun 13, 2016Jul 20, 201637d$1,001 - $15,000
NKEBuyJan 26, 2016Jul 20, 2016176d$1,001 - $15,000
NEESellJun 13, 2016Jul 20, 201637d$1,001 - $15,000
SJMSellJun 13, 2016Jul 20, 201637d$1,001 - $15,000
ESSellJun 13, 2016Jul 20, 201637d$1,001 - $15,000
COPSellFeb 2, 2016Jul 20, 2016169d$1,001 - $15,000
BXLTExchangeJul 1, 2015Jul 20, 2016385d$1,001 - $15,000
ABTBuyJul 30, 2015Jul 20, 2016356d$1,001 - $15,000

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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.