Investors: Obama's Your Best Bet for the Stock Market

I've worked up this infographic comparing stock market performance under Democratic and Republican presidents over the last 24 years.    It uses the Russell 3000 index, which is a good proxy for what happens to the average dollar invested. 

Over the last 24 years,  the Russell 3000 lost 4.8% under 12 years of Republican presidents, while it gained 430.4% under almost 12 years of Democratic presidents.

A similar calculation by Bloomberg using the S&P 500 and going back to JFK says:

The annualized return for 23 years of Democratic administrations is 11 percent, or four times the 2.7 percent annualized return during 28 years of Republican presidencies.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-22/stocks-return-more-with-dem-in-white-house-bgov-barometer.html

Bottom line: Investors should enthusiastically vote for President Obama.

You can get a higher resolution image and more details on how this chart was created at http://notintaguinta.blogspot.com/2012/10/stock-market-last-24-years-dems-vs-gop.html.