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The STOCK Act (or Ethics in Government Act, actually) only requires reporting within 30-45 days of purchase/sale, so your fund will lag behind whatever market-moving events they're trading on.



If you copy the long term plays it could still be viable.


You wouldn't know if it's long term.

Day 1 - stock purchase Day 45 - reported Day 46 - you buy or not? Day 45 - stock sold Day 90 - reported Day 91 - you've already lost


I mean investments that are typically long term, such as LEAPS, and as an example buying them if they're still at the same price they were bought by the senator at.




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