Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
August 1923 – March 1929
Cumulative Return through the Presidency:
+199%
$10,000 --> $29,893
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
31st U.S. President
March 1929 – March 1933
Cumulative Return through the Presidency:
$10,000 --> $2,733
-73%
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
March 1933 – April 1945
Cumulative Return through the Presidency:
$10,000 --> $45,217
+352%
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan
Bush Sr.
Clinton
Bush
Obama
Trump
Biden
Harry S. Truman
33rd U.S. President
April 1945 – January 1953
Cumulative Return through the Presidency:
$10,000 --> $30,343
+203%
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th U.S. President
January 1953 – January 1961
Cumulative Return through the Presidency:
$10,000 --> $30,352
+204%
John F. Kennedy
35th U.S. President
January 1961 – November 1963
Cumulative Return through the Presidency:
$10,000 --> $13,929
+39%
Lyndon B. Johnson
36th U.S. President
November 1963 – January 1969
Cumulative Return through the Presidency:
$10,000 --> $16,474
+65%
Richard Nixon
37th U.S. President
January 1969 – August 1974
Cumulative Return through the Presidency:
$10,000 --> $9,172
-8%
Gerald Ford
38th U.S. President
August 1974 – January 1977
Cumulative Return through the Presidency:
$10,000 --> $14,993
+50%
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
January 1977 – January 1981
Cumulative Return through the Presidency:
$10,000 --> $15,431
+54%
Ronald Reagan
40th U.S. President
January 1981 – January 1989
Cumulative Return through the Presidency:
$10,000 --> $29,666
+197%
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
January 1989 – January 1993
Cumulative Return through the Presidency:
$10,000 --> $17,268
+73%
Bill Clinton
42nd U.S. President
January 1993 – January 2001
Cumulative Return through the Presidency:
$10,000 --> $36,378
+264%
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
January 2001 – January 2009
Cumulative Return through the Presidency:
$10,000 --> $6,936
-31%
Barack Obama
44th U.S. President
January 2009 – January 2017
Cumulative Return through the Presidency:
$10,000 --> $33,507
+235%
Donald Trump
45th U.S. President
January 2017 – January 2021
Cumulative Return through the Presidency:
$10,000 --> $18,328
+83%
Joe Biden
46th U.S. President
January 2021 – present
Cumulative Return through the Presidency:
$10,000 --> $12,969
+30%
1925
1935
1945
1955
1965
1975
1985
1995
2005
2015
$1
$10
$100
$1,000
$10,000
$100,000
$17,057
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Avg. Returns -
Republican Presidencies
9.0%
Hypothetical Growth of $1 Invested in the S&P 500, January 1925 – December 2023
Avg. Returns - Democrat Presidencies
15.4%
In our view, the difference between these average returns appears largely due to economic and market factors outside any president’s control.
