Presidents' Impact on Stock Market Performance: Coolidge #1, Obama #3, Clinton #2; Hoover Worst
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Calvin Coolidge presided over the best stock market performance of any modern president at 208.52% growth.
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Barack Obama had the third best stock market performance at 166.14% growth.
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Bill Clinton had the second best performance at 202.38% growth.
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The worst performing stock market was under Herbert Hoover's presidency during the Great Depression at -75.42%.
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Though markets tend to perform better under Democrats, there is no proven cause and effect between party and market performance.