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44. Every year under Obama has been a great stock market year except 2011 when it was flat

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 11:39 PM

Jan 2013

(I know that bothers some people here, and I'm so extremely very sorry about that)

[font color=blue]"investments have been pretty crummy until this past year, the election year"[/font]

Actually every year under Obama has been a great stock market year except 2011 when it was flat.
Here is where the S&P 500 index stood at the beginning of each indicated year. (The S&P 500 contains about 75% of all U.S. stocks by market capitalization). Dots in the below are used for spacing because DU software compresses multiple spaces into one space:

[font face=courier]
....... S&P 500
Year... Index
======== ====
1/1/2009 903
1/1/2010 1115
1/1/2011 1258
1/1/2012 1258
1/1/2013 1426 [/font]

So in 2009 the S&P 500 went up 23%, in 2010 up 13%, in 2011 up 0%, in 2012 up 13%
Note these are index values and don't count dividends which average about 2%/year.

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Stocks soar 85% in Obama's first term [View all] Bozita Jan 2013 OP

Great. progressoid Jan 2013 #1

You know, I never had a "get mine" attitude like so many of my peers and frankly zonkers Jan 2013 #2

that would be nice wouldn't it CountAllVotes Jan 2013 #3

Pension funds for state, local, & federal govt workers were also invested in the market. n/t BumRushDaShow Jan 2013 #11

46% of Americans have no investements in the stock market. progressoid Jan 2013 #20

a vast majority of regular 99% DO own stock, even if they do not realize it in their benefits graham4anything Jan 2013 #30

But very little stock MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #33

bottom line is ANY forward movement is a helleva lot better than static or backward movement graham4anything Jan 2013 #39

Ah, the rising tide raises all boats meme. progressoid Jan 2013 #35

I don't get why so many wall streeters give to the Republicans when Obama is clearly buttering their bloomington-lib Jan 2013 #4

had regained most of the lost ground by the time the Repugs regained the house ... zbdent Jan 2013 #5

that's pretty good for a socialist Skittles Jan 2013 #6

IKR!? Rex Jan 2013 #9

Kenyan anticolonialist Maoism Enrique Jan 2013 #14

That's exactly what I was thinking nobodyspecial Jan 2013 #22

It's not just the rich who have stock investments OKNancy Jan 2013 #7

>don't wish for the market to do poorly. If it does even the little guy suffers.< B.S. jtuck004 Jan 2013 #29

well OKNancy Jan 2013 #38

The rich own the vast majority of stocks Major Nikon Jan 2013 #37

And the Kochs and the Adelsons of America still had the nerve to vote against him? Jamaal510 Jan 2013 #8

They want cheap labor The Wizard Jan 2013 #17

Exactly. Dawson Leery Jan 2013 #26

Miit: "Cut gov't spending on wind and solar power!" vkkv Jan 2013 #10

Well, Obama did hire a pro-Wall Street team Leopolds Ghost Jan 2013 #12

In fact, WaPo just wrote a story saying that the purpose of the Treasury Secretary Leopolds Ghost Jan 2013 #13

The Congressional height of hypocracy 90-percent Jan 2013 #15

Corporate Profits Have Grown By 171 Percent Under �Anti-Business� Obama - 1/17/13 ErikJ Jan 2013 #16

Suck on it, Republicans Berlum Jan 2013 #18

That puts Obama at #3 among all presidents. #1 - FDR with 189% !! pampango Jan 2013 #19

I started by IRA when Clinton adieu Jan 2013 #21

I learned my lesson the hard way. My 401k flatlined and the lost money through GWB's terms Politicub Jan 2013 #25

TeaBag neanderthals aside broadcaster75201 Jan 2013 #23

I've been trying to tell everyone this. President Obama has been good for 401k retirement accounts Politicub Jan 2013 #24

FDR #1, Obama #3 - the two presidents called 'socialist' more than any other in history... Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #27

not bad samsingh Jan 2013 #28

Some will comment that the market was going to improve regardless of question everything Jan 2013 #31

Best soshalist/communist/Kenyan/mooslim preznit evah!!!! kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #32

The stock market does very well when there is a Democratic SheilaT Jan 2013 #34

stock market Vic Vinegar Jan 2013 #36

To be fair, stocks were at an awfully low level when he started daleo Jan 2013 #40

thanks for that reminder CountAllVotes Jan 2013 #42

Every year under Obama has been a great stock market year except 2011 when it was flat progree Jan 2013 #44

Yup, we have G.W. Bush to thank for that (do people here really prefer a declining stock market?) progree Jan 2013 #43

I have a little stocks but that return has beat my bank savings account interest return 10 fold. Sunlei Jan 2013 #41