What if you had copied Laurel M. Lee?
Republican, FL-15
The verdict
Copying Laurel M. Lee's reported trades from Aug 2024 would have turned $10,000 into $13,656, less than the S&P 500 did.
The S&P 500 turned the same $10,000 into $14,827 over the same days. The copy returned +14.8% a year against +19.0% for the S&P 500, 4.3 points a year behind. Its worst fall was 24.1%, from Aug 22, 2025 to Jan 28, 2026. The S&P 500's worst fall over the test was 18.8%.
Copied Aug 6, 2024 to Nov 9, 2026 · House trade reports and daily closes
What $10,000 became
- Copying Laurel M. Lee$13,656
- S&P 500$14,827
- Kept every buy and ignored their sales$14,351
If you had kept every buy and ignored their sales, you would have ended at $14,351, so following every move cost $694.
- $10,000 copied
- $13,656
- +36.6%, +14.8% a year
- In the S&P 500
- $14,827
- +48.3%, +19.0% a year
- Kept every buy
- $14,351
- Their sales ignored
- Worst fall
- −24.1%
- Aug 22, 2025 to Jan 28, 2026
- Trades
- 8
- 7 buys, 1 sales
The moves that made the most
- JPMJP Morgan Chase+$4,394
Held since Sep 2024, the stock up 72%
- AAPLApple+$899
Held since Aug 2024, the stock up 54%
- PFEPfizer+$523
Held since Nov 2024, the stock up 30%
The moves that cost the most
- HURATuHURA Biosciences−$2,051
Held since Jan 2025, the stock down 60%
- NOKBFNokia A SHS−$109
Held since Oct 2026, the stock down 7%
Year by year
| Year | Copy | S&P 500 | Gap, pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024from Aug 2024 | +20.9% | +13.0% | +8.0 |
| 2025 | −9.1% | +17.7% | −26.8 |
| 2026to Nov 2026 | +24.2% | +11.5% | +12.7 |
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.