Since Election
12 May 2025 is 188 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 188 days is 30.49% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration on 1933-05-12.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 188 days is -12.42% for the 1940 D. Roosevelt administration on 1941-05-09.
The least amount of percent change in the first 188 days is 0.25% for the 1980 Reagan administration on 1981-05-08.
The most amount of percent change in the first 188 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 188 days is 7.77%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 188 days is 3.02%.
* 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 | 25.64 | 1929-05-13 | 15.29% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 8.68 | 1933-05-15 | 25.43% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 16.28 | 1937-05-10 | -6.60% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 9.56 | 1941-05-12 | -11.40% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 14.63 | 1945-05-14 | 13.06% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 14.88 | 1949-05-09 | -6.59% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 24.91 | 1953-05-11 | 0.97% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 46.88 | 1957-05-13 | -0.49% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 66.83 | 1961-05-15 | 20.74% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 89.66 | 1965-05-10 | 5.31% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 104.89 | 1969-05-12 | 1.57% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 105.90 | 1973-05-14 | -6.57% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 99.18 | 1977-05-09 | -2.69% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 129.71 | 1981-05-11 | -1.23% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 184.61 | 1985-05-13 | 9.13% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 316.16 | 1989-05-15 | 15.67% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 442.80 | 1993-05-10 | 6.16% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 837.66 | 1997-05-12 | 15.60% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,248.92 | 2001-05-14 | -11.38% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,178.84 | 2005-05-09 | 3.12% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 909.24 | 2009-05-11 | -4.57% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,633.77 | 2013-05-13 | 17.16% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,402.32 | 2017-05-15 | 11.05% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,188.43 | 2021-05-10 | 21.64% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 5,844.19 | 2025-05-12 | -1.43% |