October 31st 2008

McCain : 40%

Obama : 53%

(7% undecided )


October 31st 2008

Dow Closed at 9325.01


By the end of October of 2008, according to the average election polls, Barack Obama had the largest lead, YTD, in those polls for being elected the next president of the United States Of America.

By the end of October 2008 the Dow Jones Industrial Average had the Worst YTD Record since 1931.



November 5th 2008

The day after Barack Obama won the presidency.

Dow Jones industrial average : down 145.44 points.


February 17, 2009

President Obama sign, into law, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 .

Dow Jones industrial average : down 297.96 points.