Lawmakers Filed 14 Trades in First Week of November, Buys Outpace Sells 10 to 4

Lawmakers reported 14 stock trades between Oct. 31 and Nov. 7, 2026, with purchases outpacing sales by a 10-to-4 margin. Five members of Congress filed disclosures, and nine different stocks moved in their portfolios. The activity is a routine week by Capitol Hill standards, but the mix of buyers and sellers offers a snapshot of where lawmakers are putting money.

Maria Elvira Salazar leads with five trades

Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) filed the most trades of the week, with five total. The Florida Republican, who sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, reported two buys and three sells. Her disclosed activity included a purchase of NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) and a sale of Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO), according to the filings. Salazar has been an active trader in previous quarters, though her recent filings have not shown a consistent pattern in any single sector.

John McGuire and Josh Gottheimer follow

John J. McGuire III (R-VA) reported four trades, all buys. The Virginia Republican, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, added to positions in Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) and The Procter & Gamble Company (PG). McGuire's purchases were spread across technology and consumer staples, a diversification that suggests he is not concentrating bets in one industry.

Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) filed three trades, all buys. The New Jersey Democrat, who co-chairs the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, reported purchases in Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) and NVIDIA. Gottheimer has historically been a frequent trader, and his latest activity continues a trend of favoring semiconductor and equipment makers.

Robert Latta and Daniel Meuser each filed one trade

Robert E. Latta (R-OH) reported a single buy of Procter & Gamble. Latta, who serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has a record of occasional trades in consumer goods. Daniel Meuser (R-PA) also filed one trade, a buy of Micron. Meuser, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, has not been a prolific trader, but his purchase aligns with the week's overall bias toward chips.

Semiconductors dominate the week's trading

Three of the nine stocks traded were in the semiconductor space. NVIDIA saw two buys and one sell, while Micron drew three buys and no sales. Applied Materials had one buy. Combined, chip-related stocks accounted for seven of the 14 transactions.

The interest in semiconductors is not new. Lawmakers have frequently traded chipmakers over the past two years, often around major earnings reports or policy announcements related to the CHIPS Act. This week's filings do not show any unusual timing, but the concentration is worth noting.

Other stocks traded include Procter & Gamble (two buys), Cisco (one sell), and a handful of others that appear in the appended data tables.

Buys outnumber sells, but the picture is mixed

Of the 14 trades, 10 were purchases and four were sales. The sellers were Salazar (three sells) and one other lawmaker. The selling pressure was limited to a few names, including Cisco, which saw a single disposal.

The buy-to-sell ratio is often read as a confidence signal, but in a week with only 14 filings, the sample is too small to draw firm conclusions. What is clear is that no lawmaker dumped a large position or made an outsized bet. The largest individual trade, by dollar value, is not disclosed in the summary data, but the filings show no blockbuster moves.

STOCK Act disclosures remain the only window

All of these trades were disclosed under the STOCK Act, the 2012 law that requires lawmakers to report securities transactions within 45 days. The law does not require lawmakers to divest or recuse, and many continue to trade actively. The data for Oct. 31 through Nov. 7, 2026, is now public, and you can review the latest congressional trades on this site.

The five lawmakers who filed this week represent both parties, and their activity spans technology, consumer goods, and industrial names. The absence of any health care or financial sector trades is a departure from recent weeks, when those sectors appeared more frequently.

For now, the week's filings are a plain recap: a modest number of trades, a clear preference for buys, and a heavy tilt toward semiconductors. The appended tables provide the full breakdown by lawmaker and stock, including the exact buy/sell counts and the dates of each transaction.

Most active members this week

Most traded stocks

Largest trades of the week