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Originally Posted by PaugusBayFireFighter
The market bottomed on March 9, 2009, about seven weeks after he was sworn in. Since then, the Dow is up 100.3%.
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You are correct. After 4 years in office the stock market is essentially back to where it was right before Obama was sworn in... Or to put it another way, he has managed after this time to recover all the losses, putting us at break-even over the course of his tenure.
Neither spin is particularly complimentary to his efforts, but depending on the story you want to tell, these statistics are good data points to interpret to your liking.