Are Second Terms Good for Stocks?

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Year: 1937

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Incumbent: Franklin Roosevelt

Party: Democrat

Dow: -32.8 percent

Conditions: Some blame the late-‘30s recession on FDR’s attempts to balance the budget, others on his “anti-business” crusade.

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