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Most recent presidents have seen significant stock market increases over their terms. Presidents Obama, Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan, for instance, all oversaw three-digit percentage increases over their eight year terms. The one president who lost ground was President George W. Bush, whose final year in office coincided with the onset of the Great Recession.

Here’s a summary:

President

Length of term

Closing Dow Jones Industrial Average

Percentage increase in the Dow Jones Industrial Average

Barack Obama

8 years

19,827

+ 149 percent

George W. Bush

8 years

7,949

- 25 percent

Bill Clinton

8 years

10,578

+ 227 percent

George H.W. Bush

4 years

3,242

+ 45 percent

Ronald Reagan

8 years

2,235

+ 135 percent