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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