Stock market history after Presidential Elections
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Election Year Stock Market Returns
Here are the market results for the S&P 500 for every election year since 1928. Data below is from Dimensional's Matrix Book 2019.
S&P 500 Annual Stock Market Returns During Election Years
YearReturnCandidates
192843.6%Hoover vs. Smith
1932-8.2%Roosevelt vs. Hoover
193633.9%Roosevelt vs. Landon
1940-9.8%Roosevelt vs. Willkie
194419.7%Roosevelt vs. Dewey
19485.5%Truman vs. Dewey
195218.4%Eisenhower vs. Stevenson
19566.6%Eisenhower vs. Stevenson
19600.50%Kennedy vs. Nixon
196416.5%Johnson vs. Goldwater
196811.1%Nixon vs. Humphrey
197219.0%Nixon vs. McGovern
197623.8%Carter vs. Ford
198032.4%Reagan vs. Carter
19846.3%Reagan vs. Mondale
198816.8%Bush vs. Dukakis
19927.6%Clinton vs. Bush
199623.0%Clinton vs. Dole
2000-9.1%Bush vs. Gore
200410.9%Bush vs. Kerry
2008-37.0%Obama vs. McCain
201216.0%Obama vs. Romney
201612.0%Trump vs. Clinton
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Stock market is going to love
Stock market is going to love Joe Biden. Expect a bull market on Monday morning.
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Yes!!!!
Yes!!!!
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Gazinga!
Gazinga!
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Sure, but will it last?
Sure, but will it last?
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Hope so , Mike. This is from
Hope so , Mike. This is from the above link. My uneducated in economics opinion relies on past history parrerns.
If history is repeating itself again today is a good indicator.
From the article;
When you further examine the years between elections, however, it becomes apparent that year three of a president's term is usually the strongest year for the market, followed by year four, then the second, and finally the first.