1st term +30% Jan. 20, 1981 – Jan. 20, 1985 2nd term +67% Jan. 20, 1985 – Jan. 20, 1989Ron Edmonds/AP Photo George H.W. 1st term +51% Jan. 20, 1989 – Jan. 20, 1993Reuters Bill Clinton The roaring 1990s were very kind to Wall Street. Stocks spiked — the S&P 500 increased 210% under President Bill Clinton — as investors celebrated the rise of the Internet and brisk economic growth. 1st term -12% Jan. 20, 2001 – Jan. 20, 2005 2nd term -31% Jan. 20, 2005 – Jan. 20, 2009Jeff Zelevansky/Reuters Barack Obama The Wall Street meltdown continued during the first few months of President Barack Obama’s presidency. 1st term +85% Jan. 20, 2009 – Jan. 20, 2013 2nd term +53% Jan. 20, 2013 – Jan. 20, 2017

Source: The Nation October 30, 2020 21:14 UTC