What if you had copied Debbie Wasserman Schultz?
Democrat, FL-25
The verdict
Copying Debbie Wasserman Schultz's reported trades from Feb 2024 would have turned $10,000 into $23,537, more than the S&P 500 did.
The S&P 500 turned the same $10,000 into $15,926 over the same days. The copy returned +36.2% a year against +18.3% for the S&P 500, 18 points a year ahead. Its worst fall was 28.4%, from Oct 22, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025. The S&P 500's worst fall over the test was 18.8%.
Copied Feb 1, 2024 to Nov 9, 2026 · House trade reports and daily closes
What $10,000 became
- Copying Debbie Wasserman Schultz$23,537
- S&P 500$15,926
- Kept every buy and ignored their sales$25,649
If you had kept every buy and ignored their sales, you would have ended at $25,649, so following every move cost $2,112.
- $10,000 copied
- $23,537
- +135.4%, +36.2% a year
- In the S&P 500
- $15,926
- +59.3%, +18.3% a year
- Kept every buy
- $25,649
- Their sales ignored
- Worst fall
- −28.4%
- Oct 22, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
- Trades
- 11
- 8 buys, 3 sales
The moves that made the most
- ICHRIchor+$8,566
Held from Aug 2025 to Jul 2026, the stock up 459%
- HLHecla Mining+$3,793
Held since Sep 2024, the stock up 184%
- VSATViaSat+$1,532
Held from Nov 2024 to Jul 2025, the stock up 78%
Held since Nov 2024, the stock up 29%
- PERIPerion Network+$405
Held since Jun 2024, the stock up 31%
The moves that cost the most
- SSYSStratasys−$916
Held since Aug 2025, the stock down 37%
Held since Nov 2024, the stock down 18%
Year by year
| Year | Copy | S&P 500 | Gap, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024from Feb 2024 | −6.4% | +21.3% | −27.8 |
| 2025 | +57.8% | +17.7% | +40.1 |
| 2026to Nov 2026 | +59.5% | +11.5% | +48.0 |
A historical test on paper, before costs and taxes. It trades at the close of the first trading day after each report comes out, up to 45 days after the trade, sizes from reported ranges, and skips delisted companies, which flatters it.