The Sad State of Disclosure

The Sad State of Disclosure By May 15 of every year, Congress members are required to file disclosure forms detailing their personal finances from the past year. Unfortunately, not only is the information old news at that point, but the forms themselves often offer little in terms of true transparency. Type of Transaction Date Asset but when Tha's an awfal ot yes, were these financial - Transaeti ons (MO/DAYYR) E TA Pod pemical JAlcdinc VIAmerpress MAme Group I х х X. х 13 Transactilns 2 Transaction ransacis 7 Transactions 4 Transactions 3/28/2008 JN Ameripriseinancial ne х T Amgen Inc Aon Corp S Transactions 7 Transactions S Transactions 8 Transactions Transactions 20/2008 л IT Avalonbay Communities Inc S IT L VBank Of Amer Corp Bank Of New York Mellon Corp UT DBuy Co Inc Amouat of Transaction IT IT Boston Properties Ine JTBoston Scientific Cor ITdingson Nthn Sta Frcorp VCapital One incl Corp UT Caterpilckeli IT/Chubb Copl IT Cisco Systems Inc TV Citigroup Inc JTVCredit Suisse Group S IT Cvs Caremark Corp IDeere And Ce JT Discover F Dow Chemi ST IT JEdisonod х Ans Emerson л IT Franklin JT Genl JGen! TGol3 ions tions actions hsactions IT Firstenerg thich's 15that a Gommon STock Boh Paferred Shares х Put/GLD @ 115 exp 1/21/12 short position) х Washinton mutud FSI) TR FTSE SEP ($100,001 - CAPITAL GAINS(LOSS) $1,000,000) acks Footnote ABG thei Bng fg-Olhe Note is Regordin Purchosed with Proceed from EKCO 401K Min Required Distribution Taymon Sav.ns E Lcan (cD's AsdeataludleNE VALUE NOT READIL- Stay Connected with the Fool on E and on f themotleyfool 1995 - 2012 The Motley Fool. All rights reserved. www.fool.com $15,001-S50,000 000'001S-100'05S 000 0sts-100'001s 500,001-51,000,000 D0,001-55,000,000 = .000,001-525,000,00 0000sS-100'000szs ver $50,000,000 - GeAeral Electiic