March 6 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama now has the distinction of presiding over his own bear market.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 20 percent since Inauguration Day through yesterday, the fastest drop under a newly elected president in at least 90 years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The gauge lost 53 percent from its October 2007 record of 14,164.53, slipping 4.1 percent to 6,594.44 yesterday.
More than $1.6 trillion was erased from U.S. equities since Jan. 20 as mounting bank losses and rising unemployment convinced investors the recession is getting worse.
The crash of 1929 occurred seven months into the administration of Herbert Hoover, who presided over an 89 percent plunge in the Dow between September 1929 and July 1932, the steepest retreat ever.
Only twice has the benchmark gauge slipped in the 12 months after the election of a Democratic president since 1900, after Woodrow Wilson’s victory in 1912 and Jimmy Carter’s in 1976.
“Obama should be listening to the stock market more than talking to it,” said Kenneth Fisher, the billionaire chairman of Woodside, California-based Fisher Investments Inc., which oversees $22 billion. “He hasn’t gotten out of the gate well.”
Bloomberg: ‘Obama Bear Market’ Punishes Investors as Dow Slumps
3 comments:
Who wants to place a bet that Fisher Investments is another Ponzi scheme ;)
Obama should be listening to the market??? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
This is the same bunch reactionary schmuck investors that over-valued everything in the first place. These are the same a**holes that watch five minutes of an interview with the Fed Chairman, and then go out and start panic selling / buying based on that.
This market is also comprised of the same corporate whores who are selling their own companies down the river in the name of short term gains and temporary government bailouts.
The market had their chance at unfettered operation, and they let the sickness of greed ruin it. To hell with 'em.
Randy,
Here's another vid that you want to take a look at...great update on Vegas. Thanks! Barry
http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=lqkMfToY9Pk
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