Since Election
23 Mar 2025 is 138 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 138 days is 16.39% for the 1960 Kennedy/Johnson administration on 1961-03-24.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 138 days is -19.34% for the 2008 Obama administration on 2009-03-20.
The least amount of percent change in the first 138 days is -0.06% for the 1976 Carter administration on 1977-03-18.
The most amount of percent change in the first 138 days is 31.07% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration. For this administration, the stock market went from 6.92 since election to a high of 7.68 on 1932-11-11 (10.98%) to a low of 5.53 on 1933-02-27 (-20.09%).
The average stock market change for Democratic administrations in the first 138 days is 1.88%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 138 days is 0.80%.
* Stock market results are measured using the daily closing price of the Standard and Poor's 500 index.
| President | Year | Start | Stop | Percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoover | 1928 | 22.24 | 1928-11-07 | 25.55 | 1929-03-22 | 14.88% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 6.25 | 1933-03-24 | -9.68% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 17.72 | 1937-03-19 | 1.66% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 9.93 | 1941-03-21 | -7.97% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 13.74 | 1945-03-23 | 6.18% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 14.94 | 1949-03-18 | -6.21% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 26.18 | 1953-03-20 | 6.12% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 44.06 | 1957-03-22 | -6.47% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 64.42 | 1961-03-24 | 16.39% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 86.84 | 1965-03-19 | 2.00% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 99.63 | 1969-03-21 | -3.52% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 108.88 | 1973-03-23 | -3.94% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 101.86 | 1977-03-18 | -0.06% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 134.08 | 1981-03-20 | 2.09% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 179.04 | 1985-03-22 | 5.83% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 288.98 | 1989-03-23 | 5.73% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 450.18 | 1993-03-19 | 7.93% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 784.10 | 1997-03-21 | 8.21% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,139.83 | 2001-03-23 | -19.12% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,189.65 | 2005-03-18 | 4.06% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 768.54 | 2009-03-20 | -19.34% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,556.89 | 2013-03-22 | 11.64% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,343.98 | 2017-03-24 | 8.35% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 3,913.10 | 2021-03-19 | 13.64% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 5,667.56 | 2025-03-21 | -4.41% |