Locator: 49717PELOSI.
Completing my thoughts on this. Re-posting the first part from November 7, 2025. See this note, also.
Locator: 49372PELOSI.
This is my pet peeve of the day:
This is being reported "everywhere" in conservative / MAGA / Trump-supporting media outlets.
I have no problem with Ms Pelosi's investment results. None whatsoever.
I would congratulate her on what she has accomplished. I can't recall anything that she and I would both agree upon. Having said that, she was probably "more" correct for the average American than I was but that's a different discussion for a different time.
But with regard to her investments: good for her.
I'll provide a rationale for these comments later. But I'm doing more important things this evening -- like watching college football. LOL.
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Nancy Pelosi
She entered US Congress in 1987 and will have served 38+ years when she retires.
General officers in the military generally serve 30 - 34 years. One-star general and flag officers probably serve around 34 to 36 years. The rare four-star general and flag officers will serve close to 40 years.
In 2007, Nancy Pelosi became the Speaker of the US House for the first time. There have only been 56 people who served as speaker of the US House. How many were women? One. There has been only one woman to serve as Speaker of the US House. There has been only one person to have served longer than Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the US House: Sam Rayburn.
In other words, Nancy Pelosi:
- is an extremely rare American statesperson;
- has excelled in a world dominated by men;
- has had an annual salary nowhere near what an individual of her stature would have made in the civilian world
- unlike military general and flag officers who easily move into high-paying military-industrial jobs at very high levels, such opportunities generally don't apply to retired Congressmen/women
- has suffered greater political / public abuse than almost any military officer
In my mind, even though I find very little about her that I support, I have no problem with how she has done with investments.
But look at this. How well has she actually done? Two graphs:
Compared to that 18,000% appreciation in Walmart, Nancy Pelosi's stock portfolio has appreciated 17,000%. BRK-B has been even worse. See below. I know we're comparing apples and oranges.
Walmart vs BRK-B:
