US President Barack Obama has Rock Star appeal among the investing class, except in the USA. The Quarterly Bloomberg Global Poll of financial investors and analysts finds attitudes about the new president in Asia and Europe are overwhelmingly positive. In the US, by contrast, they are slightly negative. In Europe and Asia, 87% of respondents say they view Obama positively, compared with just 49% in the US. His standing among American investors is even lower on economic matters: only a quarter of US poll respondents rate his economic policies as “good” or “excellent,” compared with more than half in Europe and Asia. President Obama’s “stratospheric favorability ratings” outside the US after five months in office are related to attitudes about his predecessor, former President George W. Bush. “It speaks as much to the visceral distaste for George Bush outside of the US,” she says. In Europe and Asia, more than four of five poll respondents choose Obama over Bush as the president offering better economic leadership. In the US, investors pick Bush, 43% to 41%.
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