The stock market had another strong day on Monday, with the NASDAQ increasing 1.9%, the S&P up 1.6%, and the Dow Jones up 1.5%. Even with the recent upswing, all 3 indexes are below their values at the beginning of September.
At the conclusion of Monday’s trading session, the NASDAQ has increased 100.7% since President Trump took office, which is 1348 total days. Over this time period, the S&P and Dow have increased 48.1% and 39.8%, respectively.
After 1348 days into the Obama presidency, the NASDAQ was up 103.8%, the S&P was up 62.3%, and the Dow up 69.5% which means Obama is beating Trump in performance on all 3 indexes. Trump is also losing to Obama in 5 out of 5 metrics we track which includes GDP and Job Growth as well.
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