Several critics of Barack Obama's economic policies, including the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and CNBC's Jim Cramer, have blamed Barack Obama for the recent downturn in the stockmarket.
Since the Dow is surging today, is the so-called "Obama bear market" over?
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The Dow tracks 30 companies, several of which are in moribund industries. It's unstable, a bad sample, and predicts nothing.
No. Obama should not be blamed for the markets, or get credit. I've lost a lot of respect for Cramer, politicizing the markets.
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