Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Members of Congress Get Abnormally High Returns From Their Stocks

Members of Congress Get Abnormally High Returns From Their Stocks

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Members of Congress Get Abnormally High Returns From Their Stocks
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Members of the House of Representatives considerably outperform the stock market in their personal investments, according to a new academic study. Four university researchers examined 16,000 common stock transactions made by approximately 300 House representatives from 1985 to 2001, and found what t