But she is just lucky. Nobody in Earth is as lucky as she is trading stocks.
Nancy Pelosi posted up a staggering 16,930% return on investment, beat the market by 581%: Here are her 5 biggest wins
A New York Post analysis revealed that before first taking office in 1987, Pelosi and her husband reported between $610,000 and $785,000 in stocks in their portfolio — worth $133.7 million today, according to the latest estimates from Quiver Quantitative (2).
That means that Nancy Pelosi made a 16,930%, blasting past 2,300% for the Dow Jones over the same period of 37 years.
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The New York Post reported that Pelosi netted a 14.5% average annual return, crushing the S&P 500, NASDAQ and Dow Jones performances over those years, around 7% to 9%.
Over the past decade alone, Pelosi's portfolio has generated an estimated 838% cumulative return, beating the S&P 500's 256% return by 581% at time of writing. In 2024, her portfolio jumped 70.9% compared to the S&P 500's 24.9% gain. Pelosi's personal net worth has skyrocketed to over $278 million according to Quiver Quant data (3).
These aren't actually Nancy Pelosi's trades directly — her husband Paul Pelosi, a venture capitalist, handles investments for the Pelosi family. Due to the STOCK Act of 2012, members of Congress must publicly disclose their spouse's trades. Despite the ethics debate, these five trades reveal timeless investing principles anyone can apply.
5. Tempus AI (NASDAQ:TEM): Bet on healthcare
On January 13, 2025, Pelosi purchased 50 Tempus AI call options at a $20 strike, valued between $50,001 and $100,000. The stock has surged more than 150% in 2025, a clear case of the "Pelosi effect" — stocks often jump when her trades are disclosed, especially small cap stocks like TEM.
Her generational run buildin $130M has inspired the PELOSI Act, which aims to prevent politicians from trading in the future.
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