Congressional Trades
Michael C. Burgess

Michael C. Burgess

Republican House TX
119
STOCK Act Trades
40
Buys
79
Sells
32
Stocks Traded
$1143K – $4285K
Value Range
2024-09-03
Latest Trade
2 days
Median Filing Lag
All Trades
119 transactions, newest first
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Most Traded Stocks
Tickers Michael trades most
Trade timeline
Buy Sell Dot size = disclosed trade amount

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Positions they finished
7 times Michael bought a stock and later sold the same stock, with both dates disclosed. 5 of the 7 beat the S&P 500 over the identical days. The 6 we can chart are below; the others fall outside the five years of daily prices we hold.
Round trip 1 of 6

AMD held 146 days

2023-08-09 → 2024-01-02
$110.47 to $138.58 adjusted close

+18.6pp
vs the S&P over the same days
$189.00 $85.00 2023-06-27 2024-02-14
Bought The 146 days they held it Sold

AMD moved +25.4% while the S&P did +6.8%. Disclosed as $1,001 - $15,000 bought, $1,001 - $15,000 sold — which is why this is a price move and not a profit.

Round trip 2 of 6

GOOGL held 39 days

2023-07-06 → 2023-08-14
$119.05 to $130.18 adjusted close

+7.4pp
vs the S&P over the same days
$139.16 $113.27 2023-05-22 2023-09-26
Bought The 39 days they held it Sold

GOOGL moved +9.3% while the S&P did +1.9%. Disclosed as $15,001 - $50,000 bought, $15,001 - $50,000 sold — which is why this is a price move and not a profit.

Round trip 3 of 6

ABT held 36 days

2021-12-02 → 2022-01-07
$116.93 to $123.47 adjusted close

+3.3pp
vs the S&P over the same days
$131.06 $104.54 2021-10-20 2022-02-22
Bought The 36 days they held it Sold

ABT moved +5.6% while the S&P did +2.3%. Disclosed as $1,001 - $15,000 bought, $1,001 - $15,000 sold — which is why this is a price move and not a profit.

Round trip 4 of 6

CME held 119 days

2023-08-09 → 2023-12-06
$181.61 to $189.43 adjusted close

+1.9pp
vs the S&P over the same days
$198.29 $153.65 2023-06-27 2024-01-22
Bought The 119 days they held it Sold

CME moved +4.3% while the S&P did +2.4%. Disclosed as $15,001 - $50,000 bought, $15,001 - $50,000 sold — which is why this is a price move and not a profit.

Round trip 5 of 6

XOM held 69 days

2024-01-02 → 2024-03-11
$93.60 to $100.62 adjusted close

-0.7pp
vs the S&P over the same days
$115.21 $86.09 2023-11-16 2024-04-23
Bought The 69 days they held it Sold

XOM moved +7.5% while the S&P did +8.2%. Disclosed as $15,001 - $50,000 bought, $15,001 - $50,000 sold — which is why this is a price move and not a profit.

Round trip 6 of 6

PSX held 107 days

2023-04-05 → 2023-07-21
$92.70 to $94.88 adjusted close

-9.0pp
vs the S&P over the same days
$108.59 $79.03 2023-02-22 2023-09-01
Bought The 107 days they held it Sold

PSX moved +2.4% while the S&P did +11.3%. Disclosed as $15,001 - $50,000 bought, $15,001 - $50,000 sold — which is why this is a price move and not a profit.

32.9%
Across every member we can measure, most completed positions lost to the index. 167 of 508 closed round trips by 47 members beat the S&P 500 over their own holding periods — 32.9%, against the 50% you would get from chance. The median one finished -4.4 percentage points behind the index after 95 days. That is the opposite of what congressional trade-tracking usually implies, and it is what these disclosures actually show once the positions are closed.

What this is not: a profit. The STOCK Act discloses an amount band, never a share count. A member who bought in the $50,001–$100,000 band and sold in the $15,001–$50,000 band might have trimmed the position or might have watched it fall — nothing in the filing tells the two apart. So every figure here is the movement in the share price between two disclosed dates, next to what the S&P 500 did over exactly those days.

Only completed positions appear — one purchase, one sale, in that order. A stock bought twice, or sold before any purchase we hold, has no single cost basis we can honestly describe and is left out. Prices are adjusted closes, which account for splits and dividends; that is what makes the comparison with the index like for like, and it is why a price shown here can differ from what the stock traded at on the day.

⚠ Disclaimer: Congressional trading data from public STOCK Act disclosures. Trades may be filed up to 45 days after the transaction. This does not constitute evidence of insider trading or any improper activity. Not financial advice.

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