Since Election
15 Dec 2024 is 40 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 40 days is 6.39% for the 2020 Biden administration on 2020-12-11.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 40 days is -7.67% for the 2008 Obama administration on 2008-12-12.
The least amount of percent change in the first 40 days is 0.56% for the 1996 Clinton administration on 1996-12-13.
The most amount of percent change in the first 40 days is 21.03% for the 2008 Obama administration. For this administration, the stock market went from 952.77 since election to a high of 952.77 on 2008-11-05 (0.00%) to a low of 752.44 on 2008-11-20 (-21.03%).
The average stock market change for Democratic administrations in the first 40 days is 0.43%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 40 days is 1.11%.
* 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 | 22.53 | 1928-12-14 | 1.30% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 7.00 | 1932-12-16 | 1.16% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 17.14 | 1936-12-11 | -1.66% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 10.69 | 1940-12-13 | -0.93% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 13.27 | 1944-12-15 | 2.55% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 15.22 | 1948-12-10 | -4.46% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 26.04 | 1952-12-12 | 5.55% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 46.54 | 1956-12-14 | -1.21% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 57.20 | 1960-12-16 | 3.34% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 83.66 | 1964-12-11 | -1.74% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 107.58 | 1968-12-13 | 4.17% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 118.26 | 1972-12-15 | 4.33% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 104.70 | 1976-12-10 | 2.73% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 129.23 | 1980-12-12 | -1.60% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 162.69 | 1984-12-14 | -3.83% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 276.29 | 1988-12-16 | 1.08% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 433.73 | 1992-12-11 | 3.98% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 728.64 | 1996-12-13 | 0.56% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,312.15 | 2000-12-15 | -6.89% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,188.00 | 2004-12-10 | 3.92% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 879.73 | 2008-12-12 | -7.67% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,413.58 | 2012-12-14 | 1.37% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,258.07 | 2016-12-16 | 4.38% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 3,663.46 | 2020-12-11 | 6.39% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 6,051.09 | 2024-12-13 | 2.06% |