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Nov 10, 2026How the Stock Market Did Under Every President and Every Congress Since 1929Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq returns under every president since Hoover, ranked, and how stocks did under each mix of party control in Congress.Nov 9, 2026Where Americans Are Moving, and How Much Income Goes With ThemTwelve years of IRS data on tax filers who moved between states: which states gain and lose the most income, where the money goes and who is moving.Nov 8, 2026When Spies Get Close to Power: How They Were Caught and What Happened NextFrom Profumo to Jensen Huang: nine times a foreign spy got close to a powerful politician or business leader, how each came out and what happened next.Nov 7, 2026Is Gridlock Good for the Stock Market?Stock returns, deficits, vetoes, shutdowns, debt-limit fights and laws passed under every mix of White House and Congress since 1945, with interactive charts.

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Updated Nov 12, 7:45 am ET

Markets: S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq daily closes from FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis); Treasury yields from the U.S. Treasury's daily yield curve; Bitcoin from Coinbase. Rates and prices in Your money: FRED (weekly gas and mortgage rates, monthly and quarterly series). Treasury: Debt to the Penny and the Daily Treasury Statement. Deficit: spending minus revenue since Oct 1, from the Daily Treasury Statement. Download the data

Each counter starts from the latest Treasury figure (debt as of Nov 9; interest through Nov 9; tariffs through Nov 9) and runs forward at its recent daily rate until the next figure is published.

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