Since Election
18 Aug 2025 is 286 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 286 days is 52.89% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration on 1933-08-18.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 286 days is -17.55% for the 2000 Bush administration on 2001-08-17.
The least amount of percent change in the first 286 days is -0.20% for the 1952 Eisenhower administration on 1953-08-14.
The most amount of percent change in the first 286 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 286 days is 12.43%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 286 days is 5.23%.
* 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 | 30.50 | 1929-08-19 | 37.14% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 10.75 | 1933-08-21 | 55.35% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 17.17 | 1937-08-16 | -1.49% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 10.13 | 1941-08-18 | -6.12% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 14.40 | 1945-08-20 | 11.28% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 15.25 | 1949-08-15 | -4.27% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 24.56 | 1953-08-17 | -0.45% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 44.91 | 1957-08-19 | -4.67% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 68.43 | 1961-08-21 | 23.63% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 86.87 | 1965-08-16 | 2.03% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 94.57 | 1969-08-18 | -8.42% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 101.61 | 1973-08-20 | -10.36% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 98.18 | 1977-08-15 | -3.67% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 131.22 | 1981-08-17 | -0.08% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 186.38 | 1985-08-19 | 10.17% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 340.67 | 1989-08-21 | 24.64% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 452.38 | 1993-08-16 | 8.46% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 912.49 | 1997-08-18 | 25.93% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,171.41 | 2001-08-20 | -16.88% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,233.87 | 2005-08-15 | 7.93% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 979.73 | 2009-08-17 | 2.83% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,646.06 | 2013-08-19 | 18.04% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,428.37 | 2017-08-21 | 12.26% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,479.71 | 2021-08-16 | 30.09% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 6,449.15 | 2025-08-18 | 8.77% |