Since Election
9 May 2025 is 185 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 185 days is 31.07% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration on 1933-05-11.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 185 days is -12.42% for the 1940 D. Roosevelt administration on 1941-05-08.
The least amount of percent change in the first 185 days is 0.26% for the 1980 Reagan administration on 1981-05-07.
The most amount of percent change in the first 185 days is 51.16% 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 9.07 on 1933-05-11 (31.07%).
The average stock market change for Democratic administrations in the first 185 days is 7.61%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 185 days is 2.73%.
* 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 | 26.34 | 1929-05-10 | 18.44% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 9.03 | 1933-05-12 | 30.49% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 16.65 | 1937-05-07 | -4.48% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 9.45 | 1941-05-09 | -12.42% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 14.62 | 1945-05-11 | 12.98% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 14.92 | 1949-05-06 | -6.34% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 24.90 | 1953-05-08 | 0.93% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 46.59 | 1957-05-10 | -1.10% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 66.50 | 1961-05-12 | 20.14% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 89.85 | 1965-05-07 | 5.53% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 105.05 | 1969-05-09 | 1.72% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 108.17 | 1973-05-11 | -4.57% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 99.49 | 1977-05-06 | -2.38% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 131.66 | 1981-05-08 | 0.25% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 184.28 | 1985-05-10 | 8.93% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 313.84 | 1989-05-12 | 14.82% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 442.31 | 1993-05-07 | 6.04% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 824.78 | 1997-05-09 | 13.83% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,245.67 | 2001-05-11 | -11.61% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,171.35 | 2005-05-06 | 2.46% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 929.23 | 2009-05-08 | -2.47% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,633.70 | 2013-05-10 | 17.15% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,390.90 | 2017-05-12 | 10.52% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,232.60 | 2021-05-07 | 22.92% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 5,659.91 | 2025-05-09 | -4.54% |