What if you had copied James Comer?
Republican, KY-1
The verdict
Copying James Comer's reported trades from Jan 2025 would have turned $10,000 into $12,531, less than the S&P 500 did.
The S&P 500 turned the same $10,000 into $13,231 over the same days. The copy returned +13.2% a year against +16.6% for the S&P 500, 3.4 points a year behind. Its worst fall was 23.4%, from Jan 23, 2025 to Apr 8, 2025. The S&P 500's worst fall over the test was 18.8%.
Copied Jan 13, 2025 to Nov 9, 2026 · House trade reports and daily closes
What $10,000 became
- Copying James Comer$12,531
- S&P 500$13,231
- Kept every buy and ignored their sales$12,340
If you had kept every buy and ignored their sales, you would have ended at $12,340, so following every move earned $191 more.
- $10,000 copied
- $12,531
- +25.3%, +13.2% a year
- In the S&P 500
- $13,231
- +32.3%, +16.6% a year
- Kept every buy
- $12,340
- Their sales ignored
- Worst fall
- −23.4%
- Jan 23, 2025 to Apr 8, 2025
- Trades
- 40
- 29 buys, 11 sales
The moves that made the most
- APHAmphenol+$599
Held since Jan 2025, the stock up 139%
Held since Jan 2025, the stock up 97%
- BLKBlackRock+$254
Held since Jan 2025, the stock up 32%
- AAPLApple+$252
Held since Jan 2025, the stock up 51%
Held since Jan 2025, the stock up 50%
- AMZNAmazon.com+$216
Held since Jan 2025, the stock up 22%
The moves that cost the most
- NFLXNetflix−$176
Held since Jan 2025, the stock down 24%
- CRMSalesforce−$97
Held from Jan 2025 to Aug 2025, the stock down 27%
Held from Feb 2025 to Aug 2025, the stock down 26%
Held from Jan 2025 to Aug 2025, the stock down 20%
- PYPLPayPal−$69
Held from Jan 2025 to Aug 2025, the stock down 19%
- HDHome Depot−$17
Held since Jan 2025, the stock down 5%
Year by year
| Year | Copy | S&P 500 | Gap, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025from Jan 2025 | +20.5% | +18.7% | +1.9 |
| 2026to Nov 2026 | +4.0% | +11.5% | −7.5 |
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.