U.S. House speaker Pelosi's stock trades attract growing following online


U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) gestures during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 13, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

(Reuters) - A year since a Reddit-driven retail trading frenzy rocked the markets and created the 'meme stock https://www.reuters.com/business/why-did-sec-release-report-gamestop-2021-10-18' phenomenon, leading U.S. lawmaker Nancy Pelosi's investments have become a meme in their own right.

Google searches for 'Pelosi stock trades' hit a record high earlier this month as users on social media platforms including Twitter, Reddit, Youtube and TikTok scrutinize her investments, believing the U.S. Speaker of the House may have an edge on Wall Street.

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