Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul Pelosi, have once again turned heads with their remarkable financial prowess. In 2024, their stock portfolio soared by 70.9%, outpacing the S&P 500 index by a staggering 200%. This performance continues a streak of outsized returns for the Pelosis, whose combined net worth is now estimated at nearly $250 million.
According to the 2024 Congress Trading Report by financial analytics firm Unusual Whales, the Pelosi portfolio’s gains eclipsed its impressive 2023 performance of 65.5%, which had already outperformed the S&P 500 by 164%. Their consistent ability to outpace the market has led to widespread speculation about the source of their success.
The Pelosis’ financial achievements in 2024 put them ahead of some of the most prominent names in investing. They outperformed Citadel, a hedge fund with $66 billion in assets under management, and Discovery Capital, a 25-year veteran in asset management. Even Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, which delivered a robust 27.1% return in 2024, lagged far behind Pelosi’s gains.
What’s their secret? While Paul Pelosi, an investment banker, executes the trades, the strategy involves purchasing call options — contracts that allow the buyer to purchase stocks at a predetermined price — on large technology companies after price drops. This approach proved highly effective in 2024. For example:
- Nvidia: Contracts to purchase shares of the semiconductor giant finished the year up 273%.
- Palo Alto Networks: The Pelosis saw gains of 93% on contracts tied to the cybersecurity company.
However, some critics suggest that Pelosi’s success might be tied to more than just savvy trading.
As a long-time member of Congress, Nancy Pelosi has had access to insider information about pending legislation and policy changes, which critics argue could influence market outcomes. One high-profile example came in January 2023, when Pelosi sold over $1.5 million in Alphabet (Google’s parent company) stock just one month before the Department of Justice announced an antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant.
While Pelosi has denied any wrongdoing, the timing raised eyebrows. Critics claim such trades exemplify the need for stricter regulations on stock trading by public officials.
Calls for reform came to a head in early 2023 when Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced the Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments (PELOSI) Act. This legislation aimed to bar members of Congress from trading individual stocks. Despite bipartisan calls for change, the bill failed to gain traction.
Hawley argued that the law would prevent conflicts of interest and restore public trust, stating, “If members of Congress want to invest, they can do so in broad-based mutual funds, like everyone else.”
Remarkably, Nancy Pelosi’s returns weren’t even the highest among members of Congress in 2024. She ranked ninth on Unusual Whales’ list of top-performing politicians. As a group, U.S. lawmakers have outperformed the stock market every year since 2020, sparking renewed scrutiny of Congress’s trading practices.
While some chalk up the success to coincidence or expertise, others believe these gains reflect the unique advantages lawmakers hold. For instance, access to classified briefings and advanced notice of regulatory changes could provide opportunities unavailable to ordinary investors.
The Pelosis’ 2024 performance has reignited public debate over the ethics of congressional stock trading. Social media users and political commentators have voiced frustration over what they see as a double standard.
One user tweeted:
“How is it fair for Congress to make millions off stock trades while the rest of us struggle with inflation and a volatile market?”
Advocates for reform argue that allowing lawmakers to trade stocks undermines public confidence in government and creates the perception of corruption. Proposals for change include mandatory blind trusts for elected officials and an outright ban on individual stock ownership.
The Pelosi portfolio exemplifies a broader issue: the intersection of politics and financial markets. Critics argue that without stricter regulations, trust in both institutions will erode further. Proponents of reform hope that growing awareness of the issue will lead to meaningful change.
🚨BREAKING🚨
I have just released the full report on politicians trading in 2023.
Like every year since 2020, US politicians beat the market.
And many in Congress made unusually timed trades resulting in huge gains.
Here are the top performers of 2023. pic.twitter.com/ykf9VICsBw
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) January 2, 2024
For now, the Pelosis’ financial success continues to fuel intrigue and debate. Whether it’s skill, luck, or access to privileged information, their ability to consistently outpace the market has cemented their reputation as two of the most successful investors in politics.
As Congress considers its next steps, one thing is clear: the spotlight on lawmakers’ stock trading isn’t going away anytime soon.
Lock this Criminal and demonic witch up!
naincy is a snake!! They threw Martha Stewart in jail for such shenanigans!!!
And what Martha did only scratched the surface of what this criminal traitor did!
While Wall Street has been collapsing and that greedy money hungry bitch keeps wanting more and more millions of dollars.
Just what’s that non compassionate bitch want with so much money, does she think she can buy her soul back.?
Nancy Piglosi it’s not going to happen you Anti-American Communist Cu*t.!!
Americans have been losing their homes, vehicles and starving while you show no compassion, instead you go after innocent people who you put in prison under harsh conditions and blame President Trump for bullshit lies you and Lizard Cheney, who created the J6.!
You purposely didn’t contact the National Guard and you protected the sorry bastard DC Officer who shot Ashley Babbett dead.!
Just how long do you think you’re gonna live to enjoy all that money you worthless, useless Communist Slut.!
May God not have mercy on your soul.
Michael, I wonder if she is so evil that now she figures the more she can grab now and the more people she can screw over and even destroy will buy her some rank in hell because Satan will give her whatever she wants! She is a drunken (drinks all the time) and evil delusional maniac so this is what pure evil looks like in a female Congressional member whose daddy was a mob member!
Plus she’s so used to getting away with murder, robbery and treason she feels invincible or has become an “Untouchable” in her way of looking at it!Michael, I wonder if she is so evil that now she figures the more she can grab now and the more people she can screw over and even destroy will buy her some rank in hell because Satan will give her whatever she wants! She is a drunken (drinks all the time) and evil delusional maniac so this is what pure evil looks like in a female Congressional member whose daddy was a mob member!
Plus she’s so used to getting away with murder, robbery and treason she feels invincible or has become an “Untouchable” in her way of looking at it!
Brother, I also wonder how that Evil Satanist Bitch is figuring out how she’ll fit in Hell.?
Satan’s wife or a female version of Chucky.?
Nancy can’t buy her way out of hell or spend her money while she’s there.
That woman is demon infested.
Correct sir! I watched a clip of her stuffing her face with high society dining of very pricey Hors d’oeuvres with Schumer chucky boy in a swanky DC locale near the Senate and as she gloated and stuffed and yakked like a banshee her mouth moved in odd ways like there wasn’t normal jaw function and I immediately thought something is using her mouth like it’s a puppet!
Remember how this witch said Nobody is above the law so many times when talking about trump!
She bought the deepest pit in hell not just the farm!
Michael; I hear that! This is that disgusting female, like a “whore of Babylon” that gloated about her special ice cream freezer! I wrote this a few year back, when I would bother with Twitter before Dorcey the Satanist Commie cancelled me!
>Being a Proud American Patriot and total believer in the genius of the American forefathers my appreciation and steadfast loyalty to the US Constitution is absolute and I would die to uphold it! It wasn’t just Great Men and all the Great people who participated in starting and building America but it was God’s Divine Providence that initiated it while providing for its success and continuance! That was until now when we have these parasitic insidious horrible excuses for human beings running slipshod and rampant over not only the Constitution of these United States of America but also upon the God in Heaven who made it all possible! They are the generation of the many Doomed; as you well depicted by one of them you focus on here, the “cadaver Pelosi” who truly is one of the walking dead that brags on a world broadcast that she enjoys her $20US apiece pints of gourmet ice-cream that she keeps in its special $24,000US refrigerator; and they act like they are the best thing that ever happened to America since sliced bread! If the forefathers of America were here now and in charge these most depraved and despicable criminals would not get ice-cream; but a tight rope! These are the ones that the Bible refers to that won’t be invited into the Great Wedding Banquet, but will instead be the ones outside in the Darkness where there will be so much gnashing of teeth! Keep this truth and Great writing coming because there will be an awakening the like of which this earth has never seen; before the final battle comes!<
I say to him, her and all the devils; just you wait and see what you are going to get! No place to keep that Ice Cream Nancy! May as well practice being a circus fire-eater to prepare!
Revelation 21:8 “But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part'shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.”
Isn’t insider trading against the law? Just sayin’
Char, it sure is and a lot of what these upper crust Elitist do is illegal, much of it we never see or hear about but only a bit! This is the old “do as I say and not as I do” set-up or “Rules for Thee but Not for Me!”
The problem as I see it is “accountability has disappeared” as far as these people go, because they “break the law and cheat, lie and steal all the time but no consequences at all!”
Our society has become such an immoral and twisted evil jungle!