Look at the performance of just about any market-beating exchange-traded funds (ETF) these days and they will likely have one thing in common: AI chipmaker Nvidia ( NASDAQ:NVDA ) will be a core holding in the portfolio.
Whether or not members of Congress have insider knowledge of a business is irrelevant: they certainly have insider knowledge of the government, legislation, and foreign affairs that will impact the stock market and the stocks they own. That's why members of Congress so often outperform the broad market and why more investors than ever are following their trades.
Washington's elite's investment strategies have captivated the imagination of investors seeking a glimpse into the minds of the nation's power brokers. Two unconventional exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offer this enticing proposition by allowing investors to mimic US Congress members' publicly disclosed stock trades.
Regarding politics, advisors often tell us that they work hard to steer clear of the topic in client conversations. We get it.
Unusual Whales is an options platform that tweets market tidbits and has launched its own ETFs, NANC and KRUZ with Subversive Capital Advisors. NANC captures Democratic Congresspersons' portfolios, while KRUZ captures Republican Congresspersons' portfolios based on public disclosure filings. Unusual Whales and Subversive allege that Members of Congress use insider information to profit from trading, and investors can follow these trades via NANC and KRUZ.