Since Election
1 Sep 2025 is 300 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 300 days is 62.28% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration on 1933-09-01.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 300 days is -19.56% for the 2000 Bush administration on 2001-08-31.
The least amount of percent change in the first 300 days is 2.42% for the 1964 Johnson administration on 1965-08-27.
The most amount of percent change in the first 300 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 300 days is 13.45%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 300 days is 5.33%.
* 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 | 31.71 | 1929-08-30 | 42.58% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 11.23 | 1933-09-01 | 62.28% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 16.12 | 1937-08-30 | -7.52% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 10.28 | 1941-08-29 | -4.73% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 15.51 | 1945-08-31 | 19.86% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 15.12 | 1949-08-29 | -5.08% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 23.32 | 1953-08-31 | -5.47% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 45.22 | 1957-08-30 | -4.01% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 68.19 | 1961-09-01 | 23.20% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 87.21 | 1965-08-30 | 2.43% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 95.51 | 1969-08-29 | -7.51% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 104.25 | 1973-08-31 | -8.03% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 96.92 | 1977-08-29 | -4.91% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 122.79 | 1981-08-31 | -6.50% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 188.63 | 1985-08-30 | 11.50% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 353.73 | 1989-09-01 | 29.42% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 461.90 | 1993-08-30 | 10.74% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 899.47 | 1997-08-29 | 24.14% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,133.58 | 2001-08-31 | -19.56% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,212.28 | 2005-08-29 | 6.04% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,020.62 | 2009-08-31 | 7.12% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,632.97 | 2013-08-30 | 17.10% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,476.55 | 2017-09-01 | 14.48% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,528.79 | 2021-08-30 | 31.52% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 6,460.26 | 2025-08-29 | 8.96% |