The bottom line is this: Markets are usually up in election years and the year after election years - the first year in the new President's term. Ok, you have the punch line!This is not surprising - going back 89 years - the USA total market (small stocks to large) is up three out of every four years. So no matter what angle you look at the market - it's going to up most of the time - about 75% of the time.At this link see a google slides presentation (similar to power point) - you can page through it in a two minutes. Looks at it from several different angles and should satisfy your curiosity.