koolgal
01-29
๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸShould Retail Investors Follow Congressional Trades?  I would say No.  Firstly there is a mandatory delay under the STOCK Act of up to 45 days after the trade has been done.  This means that retail investors are often acting in information that is weeks old.  The market may have already reacted or conditions may have changed.

Members of Congress also often have access to financial tools & potentially non public information or unique insights not available to the average investor.

More importantly their trades might be influenced by their personal circumstances which are not relevant to an individual investor's goals.

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Lawmaker Exits UNH Early! Are Congressional Trades Good Signals?
UnitedHealth Group plunged after guiding to its first annual revenue decline since 1989, with 2026 sales seen down ~2% and U.S. membership set to fall by over 3 million. Congressman Kevin Hern disclosed a complete exit from his roughly $500,000 position in $UnitedHealth(UNH)$, marked as โ€œsell to close.โ€ Shortly after, healthcare stocks sold off sharply, with UNH plunging nearly 20% as investors reacted to weaker guidance and looming Medicare reimbursement pressure. Should retail investors โ€œfollowโ€ congressional trades? After UNHโ€™s sharp sell-off, where is a good dip-buy level?
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