Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund
VEA is a passive ETF tracking developed market equities outside the US, with a primary political signal of 3 executive branch officials holding the fund and 3 distinct congressional traders executing 7 trades in the last 12 months.
BusinessWhat VEA does
Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares (VEA) is a passively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index. Its business model is based on providing low-cost exposure to a broad basket of large-, mid-, and small-cap equities in developed markets outside the United States. Revenue is generated through the fund's expense ratio, applied to its $291.4 billion in assets under management.
12 months past · 3 months futureVEA activity timeline
Executive Branch ConflictsVEA held by Trump-administration officials
Lifetime Government AwardsVEA federal contracts
VEA doesn't hold direct federal contracts.
Verified via USASpending.gov: $0 reported in direct prime-contract awards. Companies in this position typically sell federal services indirectly through prime contractors and integrators (e.g., Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen, Microsoft Azure) or through commercial channels that don't appear in USASpending data.
Politicians Trading VEAMembers of Congress with recent VEA positions
Congressional TradesWho in Congress is trading VEA
Corporate Insiders · Form 4What CEOs, CFOs, and directors are doing with their own stock
No Form 4 activity recorded in the last 180 days.
Bills Affecting VEALive legislation impacting this stock
Political ProfileWhere VEA sits in Washington
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STRUCTURAL: No lobbying spend (`get_political_influence.lobbying.total_income`: $0), no federal contracts, and no corporate donations. EVIDENTIARY: 3 executive branch holders (`get_executive_branch_exposure.by_ticker[0].holdings`), 3 distinct congressional traders with 7 trades in 12 months, and 0 corporate insider buys in 180 days (`get_corporate_insider_signal.total_buys`: 0). Net: Ownership by government officials is common for broad-market ETFs; lack of direct political engagement suggests passive, non-strategic exposure.
Regulatory ExposureThreats & opportunities
Regulatory threats
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General financial sector regulatory scrutiny impacting ETF structures and disclosures.SEC"Inferred from `bill_impacts` array containing 8 finance-sector bills, all with non-zero estimated revenue impact."
Regulatory opportunities
- No specific regulatory opportunities flagged.
Capitol Hill AlliesChampions & critics
Congressional champions
Congressional critics
- No specific congressional critics identified.
Live signals + predictions for VEA — for Founders
The free page above gives you the public record. Members see the real-time intelligence layer on top of it:
- Live 7-layer signal scores when Congress trades VEA
- Bill Pass Index v2 odds for every bill on the watch list
- Iron Triangle alerts (committee × donor × trade)
- SEC Form 4 cluster detection (CEO + CFO + director buys)
- Whale-Opportunity expected-value ranking
- Custom watchlist alerts via email + Discord