November on November of term (Obama to last data available), dividends reinvested in the Standard and Poor's 500 Index, adjusted for inflation, annual rates of return:
1948--1952 Harry S. Truman 17.84 percent
1992--2000 Bill Clinton 15.27 percent
1952--1960 Eisenhower 13.54 percent
2008--2012 Barack Obama 12.66 percent
1988--1992 Bush The Elder 10.76 percent
1960--1968 Kennedy/LBJ 9.40 percent
1980--1988 Ronald Reagan 8.98 percent
1976--1980 Jimmy Carter 2.60 percent
1968--1976 Nixon/Ford -3.09 percent
2000--2008 Bush The Younger -6.12 percent.
