same number of days in office

You are a very nasty person, but I like you. Why? Wtf knows?

I have a theory on why that may be.

We've been through alot together.

No. You know deep down in your soul that 45 is a pos human being and you think defending him from his distractors gives you an open mind and that allows you to live with yourself for supporting such a pos human being

Regardless of Trump, at least we can celebrate our great friendship.

Love you too.

Again you are misleading.

You are looking at percentage growth. Of course when something costs $1 and goes to $1.50 that is a 50% growth as opposed to something costing $2 and going to $2.50 which is then 25% growth, even though the real dollars are the same.

You are also not looking at the dividends. The SLY on July 1, 2016, under Obama, was paying $0.1655 while on July 1, 2019, under Trump the dividend is $0.251, an increase of 34%. If you want to discuss performance, look at the ARR on an investment.

There is no way you can say the economy was better under Obama than under Trump. All indices, jobs, unemployment, wage growth, and corporate investment are all the best they have been in decades if not ever. The DOW, S&P, and NASDAQ are at all-time highs.

You are the one who is making yourself look stupid. Next, you will be saying Obama was a good president.

Are you totally ignorant of how economics and the stock market work? Let me explain why your numbers are misleading.

First of all, the internal rate of return (IRR), that you are using, is a metric used by businesses for capital budgeting for future expansion. IRR is a discount rate that makes the net present value (NPV) of all cash flows from a particular project equal to zero.

Once the internal rate of return is determined, it is typically compared to a company’s hurdle rate or cost of capital. This is not something you do for equities as it ignores net income as an asset.

For equity investments, Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) or sometimes called the Annual Rate of Return is used. ARR is the average net income an asset is expected to generate divided by its average cost, expressed as an annual percentage. This is the de facto method for comparing the performance of investments with liquidity.

By your logic, using IRR for investments would mean that nobody would buy bonds or any fixed income product since the IRR would be zero as the undiscounted price per share doesn't change. You can not ignore the total income generated by an investment.

Next, when comparing Obama's economy to Trumps it is also necessary to look at the big picture. Trump has achieved the Lowest unemployment in decades, higher job growth than Obama, higher wage growth than any time during Obama, higher GDP than any time during Obama and higher than he said could be reached, the highest percentage employed since 1960, and the highest stock markets indices in history.

Trump's job growth may falter a little going forward as companies are starting to have a hard time finding qualified workers, though this may translate into even higher wage growth.

Now some other facts about how well Obama did.

Obama is the only President in history to have an average annual growth rate of just 1.46%. the overall weakest of any expansion since 1929. Obama's "recovery" has officially been called the worst recovery in US history according to Forbes Business.

Obama is the only President in history to not have one year of GDP over 3%. Every other president in American history, even the really bad ones, (of which he is the worst) had at least one year when U.S. GDP grew by at least 3 percent.

Finally, using ad hominem never helps your argument. It only shows a weak argument from a weak mind.

IRR is used to compare investment performance.
Facts are that of these 13 investment vehicles only 1 of them has performed better under Trump
1 out of 13

You are a typical Trumptard that doesn't know shit about the stock market or the economy. You just regurgitate the Fox news talking points.

You claim Trump is great and Obama the worst yet the Donald's stick market returns are batting 1 of 13 compared to Obama's stock market returns.

1 of 13
If 45 was as good as you say and think the route wouldn't be that pronounced.

You have demonstrated you don't know how to compare stock market returns and yet you think you are an expert on the economy. Hahahahahahahaha

Sorry, you're wrong and or just trying to advance an illogical narrative.

IRR is used for corporate investments and ARR is used for equity investments.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/annual-return.asp

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/internal-rate-of-return-rule.asp

You might want to do some reading. Especially the IRR rule. Most equity investors don't do a cost of capital analysis.

Still with the ad hominem. Must be the weak mind.

You obviously have no desire to improve your understanding of economics. Your conclusions are incorrect and yet you continue to extort them. All you do is repeat the same dribble like a petulant child, with no research and no basis in fact. You use incorrect formulas and manipulate the outcome to satisfy your narrative.

If you truly believe that Obama's economy was better than Trump's is, please enjoy your ignorance. I will, however, keep calling you out every time you post this misinformation so others may know how misinformed you really are.

This discussion is over. If you ever grow up, I may be willing to help further your financial education.

;)