Bring one real disclosure into your classroom.
A 5-step walkthrough of a Member of Congress trade — structured to map to a Civics or Personal Finance lesson outcome. Hand-authored framing, no AI in the narrative path.
Under the , every Member of Congress publicly discloses their stock trades.
These disclosures are a primary-source civics document — public-record filings citizens are entitled to read. They are also a financial-literacy artifact: a worked example of what a real, large position looks like when it crosses from private decision into public record. This walkthrough is structured for a ~45-minute classroom session, but every step works as a standalone discussion prompt.
Step one with students: read the filing through a consistent lens.
We surface , position size relative to the investor's history, sector exposure, and . None of those are advice; they are the questions a careful reader would ask of any disclosure. The lens never recommends — it observes and prompts. That distinction is what makes the disclosure pedagogically safe.
What we can see
- Filed 7 days after the trade — well inside the STOCK Act's 45-day disclosure window.
- 1 other tracked investor traded NVDA the same week.
- Since this trade, NVDA is up about 9.29%.
- Nancy Pelosi has traded NVDA 2 times in the past year.
Questions to investigate
- A small number of other investors traded NVDA nearby in time. Is there a connection between them?
- NVDA has moved meaningfully since this trade. What part of the thesis played out (or did not)?
As a Congressional member subject to STOCK Act disclosure, Nancy Pelosi is positioning in technology — names tied to AI infrastructure, software platforms, and chip cycles.
Sector returns are equal-weighted across this investor's disclosed buys over 24 months; SPY is the same-period benchmark. Educational use only — not advice.
Counterfactual: what would $100 have done in that same trade?
Useful in class as a thought experiment, not as guidance. Past performance is observation, not prediction. The $100 frame is deliberate: small enough to be relatable to a high-school or early-college student, real enough to anchor the math.
Historical results only. Past performance does not guarantee future results. This isn't a recommendation — it's the shape of the bet, after the fact.
The next two steps are interactive — you walk the trade and decide before you see what they did.
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