2 U.S. lawmakers have disclosed 4 Markit Ltd. - trades under the STOCK Act — 3 buys and 1 sell between 2015 and 2016. Congress has been net buyers of MRKT.
*Notional-weighted price return on lawmakers' disclosed buys of MRKT, marked to the latest close — per-share (share counts aren't disclosed).
| Date | Member | Type | Amount | Est. price | Latest close | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-12 | Alan S. Lowenthal | BUY | $15K–$50K | — | — | — |
| 2016-03-22 | Lamar Smith | SELL | $1K–$15K | — | — | — exit |
| 2015-05-05 | Lamar Smith | BUY | $1K–$15K | — | — | — |
| 2015-02-18 | Lamar Smith | BUY | $1K–$15K | — | — | — |
Return: buys marked to the latest close (open); sells tagged rt are realized round-trips vs a prior disclosed buy; exit = timing (stock move after the sale, seller's perspective).
2 members of the U.S. House and Senate have disclosed Markit Ltd. - transactions under the STOCK Act — 3 purchases and 1 sale. The full member-by-member breakdown, with dates and dollar ranges, is in the table above.
No member of Congress has disclosed a MRKT purchase in the last 90 days. STOCK Act filings lag the trade by up to 45 days, so newer buys may still be pending disclosure.
Every MRKT trade is marked to the latest close in the Return column; sells matched to a prior buy show a realized round-trip return.
Yes. Under the 2012 STOCK Act, members of Congress may buy and sell individual stocks but must publicly disclose each transaction within 45 days. Bargo surfaces those filings so you can see who traded MRKT and how it performed.