Two investment trends emerged as quite popular in 2024 – consulting advanced artificial intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT-4o and copy-trading politicians stock picks.

Looking both at the strides made in AI technology since the year started and the frequently uncanny stock market successes of U.S. elected officials, the roots of the popularity of both trends are easy to see.

For this reason, and in an attempt to find some perhaps easy-to-miss investment ideas for the New Year, Finbold turned to OpenAI’s most advanced publicly available model and asked it to think like the right and honorable Representative GPT.

ChatGPT makes 2025 stock picks like a U.S. politician.

ChatGPT was quick to turn to the U.S. Federal budget when determining which stock picks could lead to the best results in 2025, though hopefully, unlike the actual elected officials, it turned to Wikipedia for fiscal insights.

Having assessed the allocation in the coming year, the AI quickly identified six sectors likely to benefit from the government: defense and aerospace, energy, technology, healthcare, infrastructure and construction, and finance.

ChatGPT also explained that these sectors, if included in a portfolio, would simultaneously provide strong diversification and benefit from 2025’s likely legislative priorities. 

Then, Representative GPT of OpenAI’s 1st Congressional district selected five companies that it estimated would make the best buys for the coming year.

Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT)

ChatGPT was quick to recognize that 2025 will be yet another year in which the U.S.  defense budget will be, at the very least, domineering. Thus, the AI decided that an investment in Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) would likely be beneficial for a stock portfolio, particularly, as it noted, there are ‘rising international conflicts and competition.’

Traders who opt to follow ChatGPT’s advice already in late 2024 could potentially benefit from a ‘buy the dip’ opportunity, as LMT shares have been on a decline in recent weeks.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)

While there is hardly an opportunity for buying Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) on the cheap – at least compared to the technology giant’s historical prices – ChatGPT believes that, between the firm’s regulatory connections and the ongoing AI boom, the stock would be a worthy addition for any 2025 portfolio.

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM)

Though Exxon (NYSE: XOM) has been trading with much volatility in 2024 and is only barely – 4% – in the green in late December, ChatGPT estimated that fossil fuels such as oil remain critical enough that a rebound in 2025 is likely.

Additionally, Donald Trump’s expected favoring of a ‘drill baby drill’ approach, rather than a strong green energy push, will likely drive stocks like XOM higher.

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE: UNH)

Following the trend of stocks that have not performed well toward the end of the current year, Representative GPT elected to include UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) in its portfolio for the new year. 

Indeed, despite UnitedHealth’s insurance branch losing its CEO in a surprisingly controversial shooting, ChatGPT decided that the company’s portfolio and the possible healthcare reforms in the U.S. will likely lead to a notable upside.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT)

As its last pick for the 2025 portfolio, ChatGPT selected Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) due to the expected efforts at modernizing infrastructure, but also the company’s global reach, and strong dividend yield.

CAT stock has also performed well in 2024 and is up approximately 25% by press time at about $367.

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