The PJ Tatler » A Mortifying Picture of the S & P 500: Words can be powerful. An image or, in this case, a chart, can be even more so.
The chart released by the Club For Growth shows the Standard and Poor’s (S & P) 500 Index in chart form, below: it reflects the status of the 500 leading companies in leading industries of the U.S. economy, capturing 75% coverage of U.S. equities, showing that President Obama’s third year in office is the worst of any president’s third year in office since S & P began keeping records.
| President | Year | S&P Return |
| Nixon | 1971 | 14.3% |
| Carter | 1979 | 18.4% |
| Reagan | 1983 | 22.5% |
| Bush I | 1991 | 30.6% |
| Clinton | 1995 | 37.4% |
| Bush II | 2003 | 28.7% |
| Obama | 2011 | 1.9% |
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