Pillory Pelosi
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Nancy and Paul Pelosi's stock trades — disclosed under congressional rules and executed by Paul, a venture capitalist — have delivered extraordinary returns over the past decade, far surpassing broad market benchmarks and even legendary investors like Warren Buffett.
Since mid-2014, a strategy mirroring their disclosed trades has generated cumulative returns exceeding 700% (with some trackers reporting 816% or more), compared to about 230-260% for the S&P 500 over the same period.
This translates to annualized returns of roughly 22-30%, versus 12-13% for the S&P 500.
In recent years, the outperformance has been even more pronounced:
2023: +65% (vs. S&P 500 +24%)
2024: +54% to +71% (vs. S&P 500 +25%)
Their portfolio beat nearly every large hedge fund in 2024 (which averaged ~10.7%) and outperformed Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway by margins of 2-3x in multiple years.
The strategy relies heavily on leveraged call options in mega-cap tech (Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Broadcom, Palo Alto Networks), bought during dips and held through explosive growth — especially AI-driven rallies.
This concentrated, high-conviction approach in the best-performing sector explains much of the edge, but the timing is uncanny: entries often precede major policy tailwinds (e.g., chip subsidies) or earnings blowouts.
Statistically, sustaining this over hundreds of trades defies random chance.
One analysis of 182 trades found a ~75% win rate with average gains of 23% — a combination with probability under 1 in 10 million if picks were truly random.
Even adjusting for tech-sector beta and option leverage, the consistent alpha (excess return) places their track record in the top 0.01% of all investors, professional or otherwise.
In short, the odds of achieving these results through pure luck or public information alone are astronomically low — effectively zero for practical purposes.
The performance is so extreme that it has fueled widespread suspicion of informational advantages.
SHE WON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER
Pelosi the perennially plastered and her hammer headed husband have gotten staggering rich, and they've gotten away with it, so far.
The law that supposedly "bans" insider trading was weak to begin with, and then had it's fangs pulled behind closed doors.
We need a new law with teeth that President Trump will push for publicly.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) did exactly that on November 8, 2025, quote-posting the explosive New York Post investigation of the Pelosis and tagging it with her push for a full congressional stock trading ban.
But wait, wasn't here already a law?
The STOCK Act of 2012 did three things… and then immediately undid two of them:
- Explicitly banned insider trading by members of Congress and staff using non-public information.
- Required public disclosure of trades over $1,000 within 45 days (online, searchable database).
- Created criminal penalties up to 15 years in prison and $250k fines.
- April 15, 2012: Obama signs the bill with fanfare (“This stops insider trading in Congress!”).
- April 18, 2012: Congress passes (unanimously, voice vote, no recorded names) a secret amendment that:
- Removed the requirement for a searchable online database
- Exempted spouses and dependent children from disclosure (later partially reversed)
- Gutted the mandate for the Executive Branch to create real-time electronic filing
- Disclosures filed on paper or buried PDFs
- Average 73 violations per year (2020–2024) with zero fines ever issued
- DOJ has opened exactly zero criminal cases under the STOCK Act since 2012
- SEC has never brought a single civil enforcement action against a sitting or former member
So yes — the law exists, the disclosures happen (sort of), and the enforcement is a unicorn.
That’s why luscious Latina Luna’s H.R. 1908 doesn’t just tweak disclosure rules — it bans the trading entirely. Because 13 years of evidence proves Congress will never police itself.
With Pelosi finally out and Trump in the White House, the political cover for blocking these bans just evaporated. If H.R. 1908 doesn't pass before the 119th Congress ends, expect Luna to refile it on day one of the 120th — and this time, with Trump publicly demanding Pelosi-style scalps, leadership won't be able to hide behind "committee review" anymore.
