To answer a question by a friend I put together the table below.
As I remembered hearing, it is readily apparent that the stock market as
measured by the DJIA has fared more than twice as well under a Democratic
administration. I put this table out as a matter of stock interest not
political for who knows what effect one administration's policies has on
its successor.
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January
20 |
Dow |
Gain / (Loss) |
Total Return |
Annual Return |
| 1920 |
R |
1921 |
76.10 |
(14.50) |
-19% |
-2% |
| 1932 |
D |
1933 |
61.60 |
226.40 |
368% |
18% |
| 1952 |
R |
1953 |
288.00 |
346.30 |
120% |
15% |
| 1960 |
D |
1961 |
634.30 |
297.00 |
47% |
6% |
| 1968 |
R |
1969 |
931.30 |
27.70 |
3% |
0% |
| 1976 |
D |
1977 |
959.00 |
(8.30) |
-1% |
0% |
| 1980 |
R |
1981 |
950.70 |
2291.25 |
241% |
20% |
| 1992 |
D |
1993 |
3241.95 |
7345.64 |
227% |
28% |
| 2000 |
R |
2001 |
10587.59 |
(1891.80) |
-18% |
-2% |
| 2008
* |
D |
2009 |
8695.79 |
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Total Return |
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# of
yrs
in Office |
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Annual Return |
| Republicans |
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327% |
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48 |
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6.8% |
| Democrats |
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640% |
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40 |
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16.0% |
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| *
November 6, 2008 closing price. |
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