With the stock market at record highs and Republicans whining that President Obama is not doing enough to rev up the economy (while they continue to keep their foot on the brakes), it’s worth reviewing how the markets have fared under various presidents over their respective terms of office.
During the past 100 years we have 25 presidential terms during which Dow Jones Industrial Average data was tallied, 15 presidential terms of S&P 500 data and 10 presidential terms of NASDAQ data.
