Corporate-Jet Lobbying Signal
In plain terms
When a regulated company's corporate jet starts flying to Washington DC more often than usual, a policy or regulatory tailwind is being engineered behind the scenes. We buy that company for one to three months.
How it works
Regulated firms (defense, big pharma, mega-cap tech) increase corporate-jet trips to DC airports (KIAD/KDCA/KBWI) ahead of policy events. Trip-frequency z-score is a leading indicator that Senate-LDA lobbying spend (#77) won't capture for another 30-60 days.
Data dependencies
- Daily prices
Adjusted-close OHLCV for every US-listed ticker; primary price feed.
- Corporate jet flights
Corporate-jet flight history derived from OpenSky/ADSB sources and mapped to tickers.
Expected edge
- Reported return
- untested — internal
- Tested over
- T+0 to T+60d
Untested — internal. Targets the lead-time between physical political-capital deployment and the LDA quarterly disclosure that #77 trades.
Example tickers where this is likely to fire
Illustrative only, the signal fires based on the live data, not a fixed list.
Related families
Companies that sharply increased lobbying spend QoQ outperform 6-12 months later — management is signaling private belief in regulatory tailwinds.
When several different members of Congress disclose buying the same stock within a 90-day window, follow the cluster. When they're selling, fade it. Single trades are noise — clusters of two-plus distinct members carry the signal.
Corporate jet flies to unusual city → possible M&A coming.
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