Here's a nice chart of Obama vs Trump performance from inauguration to May of following year.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.951a926b38b8
I don't think this is a fair comparison as Obama caught the bottom of the GR (and kudo's to Obama and GWB, their policies, and their teams that pulled us out of it) but nevertheless it shows Obama doing much better than Trump.
Obama had a 148% increase over his 8 years which is pretty impressive. Who knows what Trump will end up with but I wouldn't put that out of reach with 8 years (party affiliations aside, I think we can all root for this goal).
Stock Market Performance by President | MacroTrends
Getting back to RM comment on what the difference is ...
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Market soared under Obama. They hated him. Wonder what the difference is.
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I'm not sure who the "they hated him" is but assume its the low-middle class based on CU's post but I infer the answer is "because he's black".
Obama got a good share of the low-middle class votes in 2012 vs Romney. For < $50K, Obama got 60%. For $50-$90K, Obama got 46%.
How Groups Voted in 2012 - Roper Center