Since Election
12 Aug 2025 is 280 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 280 days is 51.16% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration on 1933-08-14.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 280 days is -15.47% for the 2000 Bush administration on 2001-08-13.
The least amount of percent change in the first 280 days is 0.32% for the 1952 Eisenhower administration on 1953-08-10.
The most amount of percent change in the first 280 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 280 days is 12.74%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 280 days is 5.21%.
* 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 | 29.53 | 1929-08-13 | 32.78% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 10.48 | 1933-08-15 | 51.45% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 17.04 | 1937-08-10 | -2.24% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 10.14 | 1941-08-12 | -6.02% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 14.70 | 1945-08-14 | 13.60% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 15.37 | 1949-08-09 | -3.52% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 24.72 | 1953-08-11 | 0.20% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 46.30 | 1957-08-13 | -1.72% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 67.55 | 1961-08-15 | 22.04% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 85.87 | 1965-08-10 | 0.86% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 92.63 | 1969-08-12 | -10.30% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 102.71 | 1973-08-14 | -9.39% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 98.05 | 1977-08-09 | -3.80% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 133.85 | 1981-08-11 | 1.92% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 187.30 | 1985-08-13 | 10.72% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 344.71 | 1989-08-15 | 26.11% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 449.45 | 1993-08-10 | 7.75% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 926.53 | 1997-08-12 | 27.87% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,186.73 | 2001-08-14 | -15.79% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,231.38 | 2005-08-09 | 7.71% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 994.35 | 2009-08-11 | 4.36% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,694.16 | 2013-08-13 | 21.49% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,464.61 | 2017-08-15 | 13.93% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,436.75 | 2021-08-10 | 28.85% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 6,445.76 | 2025-08-12 | 8.72% |