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   Have Senators beaten the market during the recent downturn?(govtrades.com)

   5 points by bingdig 6y ago|0 comments
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   by bingdig 6y ago

   Yes, that's definitely on our road map. Think it would be super interesting to see links between stock holdings and legislation (as well as data on lobbying)
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   by bingdig 6y ago

   Very cool! Did not know about that early requirement but definitely would make things much easier for everybody.
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   by bingdig 6y ago

   Hey everybody, Thanks for checking out our project that aims to increase transparency and accountability for politicians deciding to trade individual stocks. We're still early on and implementing lots of improvements so any feedback wo
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   Show HN: Explore the returns of senators' stock portfolios(govtrades.com)

   7 points by bingdig 6y ago|5 comments
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   by bingdig 6y ago

   Thanks for the suggestion, we're planning on starting that up soon. Give the newsletter a subscribe if you'd like to receive updates/summaries as soon as they start: https://www.govtrades.com/subscribe
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   by bingdig 6y ago

   Thanks for letting me know, we're getting a ton of traffic and working on increasing stability / speed.
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   by bingdig 6y ago

   You might feel even worse when you learn that she's faced continued losses since the Dotcom bubble. Almost all her stock holdings are of RealNetworks, a company she worked for in the 90s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#
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   by bingdig 6y ago

   Totally, that should be up within the next couple days. You can check out the methodology section for more details, but the data comes from public disclosures mandated by the STOCK Act (and Yahoo Finance for stock prices).
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    by bingdig 6y ago

    Thanks! I'll reach out once we have v1 completed and are looking to improve the site.
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    by bingdig 6y ago

    There is a toggle for the S&P500 you can select, but definitely agree that this should show up as a default to make it clear. One thing we've noticed is that most senators don't beat the S&P500, but the main reason seems t
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    by bingdig 6y ago

    Still a work in progress, but https://www.govtrades.com as a site to easily view stock returns of senators. The goal is to increase transparency of trades and accountability in policymaking as its becoming clearer that senators
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    Virus Brings Both Credits and Debits to PayPal and Square(wsj.com)

    1 points by bingdig 6y ago|0 comments
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    China’s WeChat Monitors Foreign Users to Refine Censorship at Home(wsj.com)

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    3.2M Workers Filed Unemployment Claims Last Week(wsj.com)

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    Top Cannabis Brands of 2020(higher-data.com)

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    Top Cannabis Brands of 2020(medium.com)

    4 points by bingdig 7y ago|0 comments
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    CannaRadar: A Database for the Cannabis Industry(sideprojectors.com)

    2 points by bingdig 7y ago|0 comments
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    Medical Marijuana demand growing at 120% annually(medium.com)

    3 points by bingdig 7y ago|0 comments
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    Are there too many dispensaries in Los Angeles?(medium.com)

    1 points by bingdig 7y ago|0 comments
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    Registering to vote can allow re-identification of your anonymized data(medium.com)

    81 points by bingdig 7y ago|2 comments
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    The data you make public by voting can be used to identify private info(medium.com)

    10 points by bingdig 7y ago|0 comments
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    How registering to vote makes your personal data available(medium.com)

    5 points by bingdig 7y ago|0 comments