Dow Performance since 1901 based on a Democrat or Republican as President

Is it a fact that Dow performs far better under a Republican president?

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Dow Performance since 1901 based on a Democrat or Republican as President

Bob Kleyla | Tue, 11/04/2008 - 1:46pm | 

If we look at all of the years going back to 1901 through 2007 here are some facts depending on whether the President was a Democrat or Republican versus the Performance of the Dow.

Historically the Dow has had more up years (69% of the time) for a Democrat than when a Republican has been in office (61% of the time).

Meanwhile the Average Yearly Return when a Democrat has been in office is 8.9% while its 6.2% when a Republican is in charge.

	Positive	Negative	%	%	Total	Avg
	Years	Years	Positive	Negative	Return	Return
DEM	33	15	69%	31%	425%	8.9%
REP	36	23	61%	39%	362%	6.2%

Thus for whatever reasons the Dow has performed slightly better when a Democrat has been President.

Next here is a list of the best and worst performing years for the Dow when either party has been president.

Dem	Best		REP	Best
	Years			Years
12/30/1915	80.0		12/28/1928	47.7
12/29/1933	63.7		12/30/1908	44.5
12/30/1935	38.6		12/30/1954	43.3
12/29/1995	33.5		12/30/1904	42.8
12/30/1996	28.0		12/30/1975	41.3
12/30/1938	27.0		12/29/1905	37.8
12/28/1945	26.7		12/30/1958	34.7
12/30/1936	26.3		12/30/1925	32.0
12/30/1999	23.5		12/30/1919	30.6
12/30/1997	20.9		12/30/1985	28.8
Dem	Worst		REP	Worst
	Years			Years
12/30/1937	-32.7		12/30/1931	-52.7
12/30/1914	-30.3		12/30/1907	-36.9
12/30/1966	-18.5		12/30/1920	-33.6
12/30/1910	-17.9		12/30/1930	-32.3
12/30/1977	-16.8		12/30/1974	-28.9
12/30/1941	-15.0		12/28/1917	-24.1
12/30/1940	-12.6		12/30/1903	-23.3
12/28/1962	-10.9		12/30/1932	-21.9
12/30/1913	-10.3		12/30/1929	-18.7
12/30/1946	-8.4		12/30/2002	-17.8

Once 2008 ends I will update these statistics.

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