Weird’s Deep Thoughts (Weekend Edition): Want To Get Rich(er)? Join Congress!

Dealbreaker writes: In these volatile times it helps to have role models to steer you through economic uncertainty, wise investors who you can look to when your faith in markets is shattered. And that sort of wisdom is hard to find right now, what with John Paulson continuing to trip over his own feet and George Soros closing up shop / apparently not having the resources to house all of his girlfriends in the manner to which they are accustomed. Fortunately, Roll Call today brings us a new list of investors for you to emulate: the 50 richest members of Congress.

Would you believe that millionaires who are able to direct stimulus funds to their own companies and unconstrained by insider trading laws had a pretty good year in 2010? Then you would be correct. Our 50 richest members of Congress had an average net worth of $32mm, and saw a weighted average growth in their net worth of 17.7% (unweighted 26%).* The S&P was up 12.8%.

Not bad – but if you want to learn from the greats, and not just also-rans, you can break that down a little further. At first glance, it would seem....
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Read more at http://dealbreaker.com/2011/08/being-elected-to-congress-continues-to-be-a-pretty-good-wealth-maximization-strategy/