Stock market under bush
This is not meant to be a political post, however some may take it this way.
George Bush took over the reigns of America in 2000 and left it in 2008. The stock market traditionally increases roughly 10% in value each year, which means over 8 years the stock market will double on average.
Unfortunately under the eight years that Bush was a president the Dow Jones and S&P averages actually fell. Which is a good indicator of how badly the economy did over those years.
However this was not all, or even most of his fault. In 2000 the stock market average were very out of whack. The tech bubble was at its strongest point at this time and a meltdown was just waiting to happen. Many things out of his control also occurred during this time. This includes 9-11 and Hurricane Katrina. Those two events had a devastating effect on the economy and therefore the stock market.
Presidents usually get too much credit and too much blame for what happened during their terms. Bush was certainly not one of our better presidents, but much of what happened under his watch was out of his control.
The stock market did badly under Bush, but it could have been worse.