Congress Trading Stocks While You Lose Money

Members of Congress have access to information the public doesn't. They know about upcoming legislation, regulatory changes, and government contracts before anyone else.

And they're allowed to trade stocks based on that information.

While you were trying to figure out which index fund to buy, your representative was trading semiconductor stocks right before a chip bill passed. Your senator was buying energy futures before the pipeline approval. The pattern is unmistakable.

This is insider trading—except it's completely legal for them. The STOCK Act was supposed to fix this, but enforcement is a joke and most members of Congress are exempt anyway.

They're not working for you. They're working for their portfolios.