12 Most Expensive Stocks Insiders Are Buying After Trump’s Tariff Rollout

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1. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS)

The Goldman Sachs Group, a leading global investment bank, serves an elite clientele, including multinational corporations and institutional investors. It operates across various business segments like investment banking, consumer banking, trading, and asset management, which helps stabilize the company by reducing reliance on any single sector. It is also one of the 10 value stocks in Ken Fisher’s portfolio.

The bank has consistently paid dividends to shareholders since 1999, returning $3.8 billion in dividends in 2024. In Q4 2024, the company reported net revenues of $13.87 billion, up from $11.32 billion in the same period of 2023, and declared a quarterly dividend of $3.00 per share. For the first quarter of 2025, Goldman Sachs reported net revenues of $15.06 billion, 6% higher than the first quarter of 2024 and 9% higher than the fourth quarter of 2024. Net earnings amounted to $4.74 billion, compared to $4.13 billion in the same period of 2024.

In April, a director of Goldman Sachs, John Hess, acquired a total of nearly $2 million worth of shares at an average price of $512.36 per share. Year-to-date, the stock is down 11.02%, trading at $509.59 per share. However, over the past 12 months, its shares returned 22.08% to investors.

Overall, GS ranks first among the 12 most expensive stocks insiders bought in April after Trump’s tariff rollout. While we acknowledge the potential of GS, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than GS but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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