Since Election
3 May 2025 is 179 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 179 days is 26.30% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration on 1933-05-05.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 179 days is -13.53% for the 1940 D. Roosevelt administration on 1941-05-02.
The least amount of percent change in the first 179 days is 0.24% for the 1952 Eisenhower administration on 1953-05-01.
The most amount of percent change in the first 179 days is 46.39% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration. For this administration, the stock market went from 6.92 since election to a low of 5.53 on 1933-02-27 (-20.09%) to a high of 8.74 on 1933-05-05 (26.30%).
The average stock market change for Democratic administrations in the first 179 days is 6.39%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 179 days is 2.81%.
* 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 | 26.37 | 1929-05-03 | 18.57% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 8.74 | 1933-05-05 | 26.30% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 16.43 | 1937-04-30 | -5.74% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 9.33 | 1941-05-02 | -13.53% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 14.92 | 1945-05-04 | 15.30% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 14.71 | 1949-04-29 | -7.66% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 24.73 | 1953-05-01 | 0.24% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 46.34 | 1957-05-03 | -1.63% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 66.52 | 1961-05-05 | 20.18% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 89.11 | 1965-04-30 | 4.66% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 104.00 | 1969-05-02 | 0.71% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 111.00 | 1973-05-04 | -2.07% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 98.44 | 1977-04-29 | -3.41% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 132.72 | 1981-05-01 | 1.06% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 180.08 | 1985-05-03 | 6.45% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 307.61 | 1989-05-05 | 12.54% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 440.19 | 1993-04-30 | 5.53% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 812.97 | 1997-05-02 | 12.20% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,266.61 | 2001-05-04 | -10.12% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,156.85 | 2005-04-29 | 1.19% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 877.52 | 2009-05-01 | -7.90% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,614.42 | 2013-05-03 | 15.77% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,399.29 | 2017-05-05 | 10.91% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,181.17 | 2021-04-30 | 21.42% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 5,686.67 | 2025-05-02 | -4.09% |