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Past Elections Status Quo Means No Need for\u00a0Woe<\/h2>\n

\n \t\tNovember 3, 2024 at 10:20 am<\/a><\/em>\n\t\t \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n

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Scarier than Halloween, the current presidential election is causing people on both sides of the political aisle to be frightened by the idea of their candidate potentially losing. Uncertainty is generally petrifying to investors, resulting in downward pressure on stock prices, but with less than a week until election day, the stock market is providing more treats than tricks. Sweetness has come in the form of a stock market up +20% in 2024 (up 8 out of 10 months this year), and only off -3% from its record high reached a few weeks ago. For the month, investors experienced modest declines as they braced for the election results. The S&P 500 dropped -1.0%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average -1.3%, and NASDAQ -0.5%.<\/p>\n

Regardless of whether the red team or blue team wins the presidential election, the good news is history reminds us the end result has little effect on the long-term results of the stock market. As you can see from the chart below, over the last century, stock prices have gone up under both Republican and Democrat presidents. As Mark Twain famously stated, \u201cHistory doesn\u2019t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.\u201d If that\u2019s the case, past elections teach us, there is no need to fear the status quo of a Republican or Democrat president.<\/p>\n

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Source<\/strong>:\u00a0Yardeni Research\u00a0(Yardeni.com)<\/em><\/p>\n

More recently, over the last 26 years, the stock market has been up significantly under each president, regardless of political party. Here are the results of the S&P 500 under the last three presidents:<\/p>\n