Unlisted assets take 78 per cent of Capitol Hill disclosed value

Assets without a stock-market listing accounted for $43.1mn, or 78 per cent of all value disclosed by members of Congress in filings disclosed in the last 30 days. These 148 filings covered private companies, partnerships, funds and bonds with no stock-market listing. Darrell Issa reported the largest transaction in this category, having bought between $5.0mn and $25.0mn of US Treasury Note 3.375% due 09/15/28 CUSIP 91282CNY3.

In listed equities, 26 filers disclosed 699 trades, with sales outpacing purchases. Filers reported $7.5mn of sales and $4.7mn of purchases, which left $2.7mn of net selling. Sales accounted for 61 per cent of value, while purchases took 39 per cent. House members conducted 676 trades, buying $3.7mn and selling $7.0mn, while Senate members bought $1.0mn and sold $472,000 across 23 trades.

Pete Sessions was the largest seller of listed equities, disclosing 32 sales worth $2.3mn, or 31 per cent of all sales. Sessions sold $250,000 to $500,000 of shares in software company Microsoft on 2 October, disclosing the trade on 27 October. Ro Khanna was the largest buyer, with 209 purchases worth $2.1mn, representing 45 per cent of all purchases.

Dave McCormick disclosed two purchases in investment bank Goldman Sachs on 29 October. McCormick bought $250,000 to $500,000 of shares on 7 October and added another $250,000 to $500,000 on 20 October. For the 12 months to 30 September 2026, Goldman Sachs reported revenue of $69.7bn, up 18.7 per cent, with a net margin of 31.8 per cent.