There are no clear trends linking U.S. political environment to returns of S&P 500 index. The average return in Republican-elected years was 13.7 percent, compared to 9.8 percent in Democratic-elected years. While it might seem Republicans benefit markets, removing the 2008 outlier shows no difference in average returns between parties.
Average investment return of the S&P 500 index worldwide from 1928 to 2023, by U.S. political environment
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