Aged Like Wine: 5 Best Congressional Trades, Last 90 Days

Recent purchases ranked by since-trade-date return. The top entry is up nearly 30% in under a month.

By Beltway Alpha · Edited by Sean Baptiste · Published 2026-09-25

Dan Newhouse bought Accenture sometime around July 10. By August 7, that position was up 29.9%. That's not a savings account. That's not an index fund. That's a 28-day hold that outperformed what most retail investors manage in a calendar year. Welcome to the Aged Like Wine list: recent congressional purchases, ranked by how well they've done since the trade date. The trades are fresh. The returns are not.

#5 Robert E. Latta

Purchase of $FMAO ($1,001 - $15,000) on 2026-07-20. +13.8% as of 2026-08-17.

Latta rounds out the list with a 13.8% return on Farmers and Merchants Financial Group since July 20. Regional bank. Modest gain. By the standards of this list, almost restrained. Almost.

#4 Josh Gottheimer

Purchase of $SAIL ($1,001 - $15,000) on 2026-07-20. +22.1% as of 2026-08-17.

Gottheimer bought SailPoint on July 20 and was sitting on 22.1% four weeks later. SailPoint does identity security software. Cybersecurity legislation has been moving through the Hill at a slow boil all session. The trade cleared before the heat turned up.

#3 Gilbert Cisneros

Purchase of $ACN ($1,001 - $15,000) on 2026-07-17. +23.2% as of 2026-08-14.

Gilbert Cisneros also went to Accenture in mid-July, just a week before Newhouse did, and pulled 23.2%. Two members. Same stock. Similar window. The consultants who get paid to find patterns for a living would call this a data point.

#2 April McClain Delaney

Purchase of $ENTG ($1,001 - $15,000) on 2026-07-30. +24.1% as of 2026-08-27.

April McClain Delaney picked up Entegris on July 30 and collected 24.1% by August 27. Entegris makes materials critical to chip manufacturing. Congress has spent the better part of two years debating chip policy. Make of the calendar what you make of it.

#1 Dan Newhouse

Purchase of $ACN ($1,001 - $15,000) on 2026-07-10. +29.9% as of 2026-08-07.

Newhouse landed on Accenture right before it ran nearly 30% in 28 days. The timing was good. The timing is always interesting when someone has access to committee briefings and the position pays off before the news cycle catches up.

Five members. Five purchases inside a 90-day window. Five positions that beat the broader market before most people noticed the trades were filed. The disclosure system requires members to report within 45 days of a transaction. By the time the filing hits the public record, the return is already baked in.

Members are required to disclose. They are not required to divest, recuse, abstain, or look uncomfortable about any of this. The receipts are public. Make of them what you make of them.

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Aged Like Wine: 5 Best Congressional Trades, Last 90 Days

Recent purchases ranked by since-trade-date return. The top entry is up nearly 30% in under a month.