Monday, October 10, 2011

Most Popular Congressional Investments, 2009

The 2010 data should be out next month.
From OpenSecrets.org:
Just like many Americans, our elected officials like to play it safe with their investments, betting largely on blue chip companies across diverse industry groups. The chart below shows the most common assets among all members of Congress who served during all or part of 2009, ranked by the number of members invested in them, with breakdowns by party.
Rank Organization Total
Investors
Democrat
Investors
Republican
Investors
1General Electric1065254
2Procter & Gamble783543
3Cisco Systems733439
3Bank of America733538
5Microsoft Corp703337
6AT&T Inc652540
7Pfizer Inc633132
8Intel Corp532528
9Johnson & Johnson522031
9Coca-Cola Co522428
11Exxon Mobil511536
11JPMorgan Chase & Co512130
13IBM Corp501831
13Verizon Communications502228
13Wells Fargo502326
16PepsiCo Inc492524
17Apple Inc472126
18Hewlett-Packard431825
19Home Depot411922
20Walt Disney Co392118

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