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13 hours agoLeaders in Congress outperform rank-and-file lawmakers on stock trades by up to 47% a year, researchers say | Fortune
Stocks held by members of Congress have been beating the S&P 500 lately, but there's a subset of lawmakers who crush their peers: leadership. According to a recent working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research, congressional leaders outperform back benchers by up to 47% a year. Shang-Jin Wei from Columbia University and Columbia Business School along with Yifan Zhou from Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University looked at lawmakers who ascended to leadership posts, such as Speaker of the House as well as House and Senate floor leaders, whips, and conference/caucus chairs.
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