There are some new funds that monitor inventory buying and selling by members of Congress and their household. So we thought, why do not we get in on that?
Right this moment on the present, we crack open the Planet Cash Funding Jar to study extra about how our political leaders play the market, investing in funds monitoring Democratic and Republican inventory trades.
Whether or not Congressional inventory buying and selling ought to be restricted is a hotly debated matter. So to check whether or not lawmakers are beating the market, Dartmouth School economist Bruce Sacerdote and his co-authors pitted lawmakers’ inventory picks towards reindeer at a Christmas-styled theme park.
Belief us for this experience! It’s going to all make sense with some intriguing outcomes.
This piece initially aired June 18, 2024.
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