{"id":1180,"date":"2008-12-31T16:50:37","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T21:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/wp\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2008-12-31T16:50:37","modified_gmt":"2008-12-31T21:50:37","slug":"the-bush-years-and-the-equity-indices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/?p=1180","title":{"rendered":"The Bush Years and the Equity Indices"},"content":{"rendered":"

My friend Ben Day pointed this out, and I doubled checked his numbers to be sure: since the start of the supposedly pro-business Bush administration, the three major equity indices declined by 18, 33, and 43%, respectively.
\nJanuary 22, 2001, Index Closing Values
\nDow Jones Industrial Average: 10,578.24
\nStandard & Poor’s 500: 1,342.90
\nNASDAQ Composite: 2,757.91
\nDecember 31, 2008, Index Closing Values
\nDow Jones Industrial Average: 8,776.39
\nStandard & Poor’s 500: 903.25
\nNASDAQ Composite: 1,577.03<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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