Since Election
18 Jul 2025 is 255 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 255 days is 52.75% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration on 1933-07-20.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 255 days is -13.78% for the 2000 Bush administration on 2001-07-19.
The least amount of percent change in the first 255 days is 0.68% for the 1964 Johnson administration on 1965-07-15.
The most amount of percent change in the first 255 days is 96.39% 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 12.20 on 1933-07-18 (76.30%).
The average stock market change for Democratic administrations in the first 255 days is 11.23%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 255 days is 5.57%.
* 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 | 28.76 | 1929-07-19 | 29.32% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 9.65 | 1933-07-21 | 39.45% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 16.42 | 1937-07-16 | -5.79% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 10.25 | 1941-07-18 | -5.00% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 14.66 | 1945-07-20 | 13.29% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 14.76 | 1949-07-15 | -7.34% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 24.35 | 1953-07-17 | -1.30% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 48.58 | 1957-07-19 | 3.12% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 64.86 | 1961-07-21 | 17.18% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 85.69 | 1965-07-16 | 0.65% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 94.95 | 1969-07-18 | -8.06% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 107.14 | 1973-07-20 | -5.48% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 100.18 | 1977-07-15 | -1.71% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 130.76 | 1981-07-17 | -0.43% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 195.13 | 1985-07-19 | 15.35% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 335.90 | 1989-07-21 | 22.89% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 445.75 | 1993-07-16 | 6.87% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 915.30 | 1997-07-18 | 26.32% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,210.85 | 2001-07-20 | -14.08% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,227.92 | 2005-07-15 | 7.41% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 940.38 | 2009-07-17 | -1.30% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,692.09 | 2013-07-19 | 21.34% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,472.54 | 2017-07-21 | 14.30% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,327.16 | 2021-07-16 | 25.66% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 6,296.79 | 2025-07-18 | 6.20% |