Since Election
15 Apr 2025 is 161 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 161 days is 24.08% for the 1960 Kennedy/Johnson administration on 1961-04-17.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 161 days is -16.29% for the 2000 Bush administration on 2001-04-16.
The least amount of percent change in the first 161 days is 0.41% for the 1952 Eisenhower administration on 1953-04-13.
The most amount of percent change in the first 161 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 161 days is 3.35%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 161 days is 0.87%.
* 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 | 25.06 | 1929-04-16 | 12.68% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 6.66 | 1933-04-18 | -3.76% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 17.28 | 1937-04-13 | -0.86% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 9.59 | 1941-04-15 | -11.12% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 14.51 | 1945-04-17 | 12.13% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 15.03 | 1949-04-12 | -5.65% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 24.86 | 1953-04-14 | 0.77% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 45.02 | 1957-04-16 | -4.44% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 66.20 | 1961-04-18 | 19.60% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 88.04 | 1965-04-13 | 3.41% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 101.53 | 1969-04-15 | -1.68% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 110.94 | 1973-04-17 | -2.13% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 100.15 | 1977-04-12 | -1.74% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 132.68 | 1981-04-14 | 1.03% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 181.20 | 1985-04-16 | 7.11% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 306.02 | 1989-04-18 | 11.96% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 449.22 | 1993-04-13 | 7.70% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 754.72 | 1997-04-15 | 4.16% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,191.81 | 2001-04-17 | -15.43% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,187.76 | 2005-04-12 | 3.90% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 841.50 | 2009-04-14 | -11.68% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,574.57 | 2013-04-16 | 12.91% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,342.19 | 2017-04-18 | 8.27% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,141.59 | 2021-04-13 | 20.27% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 5,396.63 | 2025-04-15 | -8.98% |