Data: Yahoo Finance; Chart: Andrew Witherspoon/Axios
U.S. stock markets hit record highs during President Trump's time in office, but mostly underperformed his predecessor.
Between the lines: Obama inherited a financial crisis and was thus starting from a much lower level than was Trump, who inherited a bull market. During Obama's first term, both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average had higher percentage gains than they did under Trump, although the Nasdaq rose more during Trump's first term.
