article_snippet.sent: Stock market returns have averaged 16 per cent a year under David Cameron's Conservatives party, compared to just under nine per cent under Labour .
article_snippet.sent: Shares have performed nearly twice as well under Conservative governments than under Labour over the last 45 years, according to figures published today.
article_snippet.sent: Stock market returns have averaged 16 per cent a year under Tories compared with just under 9 per cent under Labour and just over 9 per cent under the current Coalition.
article_snippet.sent: The figures, in an analysis for the Daily Mail by investment company Hargreaves Lansdown, are a further boost for David Cameron's and George Osborne ahead of the general election on May 7.
article_snippet.sent: The analysis by investment company Hargreaves Lansdown shows investors – including millions of workers saving for a pension – fare better under the Conservatives.
article_snippet.sent: Laith Khalaf, a senior analyst at investment company Hargreaves Lansdown, said: ‘The stock market has performed twice as well under a Conservative government as The stock market has under Labour, according to performance statistics dating back to 1970.
article_snippet.sent: The analysis by Hargreaves Lansdown shows that companies have also performed better under the Tories with profits up by an average of 11 per cent a year under the Conservatives and 6 per cent under Labour.
article_snippet.sent: Over that time the UK stock market has returned on average 16 per cent a year under Conservative rule, compared with 9 per cent under Labour.
article_snippet.sent: Markets can be capricious beasts in the short term, but on average this trend reflects the growth in UK company profits under the two parties.
article_snippet.sent: The analysis by Hargreaves Lansdown shows investors fare better under the Conservatives .
highlights_snippet.sent: Shares have performed nearly twice as well under Tories, new figures show .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Stock market returns averaged 16 per cent per year under Conservatives .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Returns hovered around nine per cent under Labour and current Coalition .