Around the time of the first Clinton term the Left pushed for criminals and others to say “I’m sorry” and if they did it wall all okay. And “He didn’t even say he was sorry” meant a politician was in trouble. Not Bill, of course, ever. When he left office after 2 terms and a major Monica Lewinsky scandal and embarrassing admissions in hearings, ——
“the day Bill Clinton left office on January 20, 2001, his job approval rating of roughly 66% in the final Gallup Presidential Approval Ratings poll was an historically high exit rating and marked the highest end-of-term approval for any departing U.S. president since the end of World War II.”
—Gallup.com
Actually, the magic words were "I'm contrite".
I believe in large part due to the dot.com boom that resulted in unreal gains for people if they were in the market.