Since Election
18 Jan 2026 is 439 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 439 days is 57.95% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration on 1934-01-19.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 439 days is -32.87% for the 1936 D. Roosevelt administration on 1938-01-14.
The least amount of percent change in the first 439 days is 3.08% for the 1952 Eisenhower administration on 1954-01-15.
The most amount of percent change in the first 439 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 439 days is 16.10%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 439 days is 2.83%.
* 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 | 21.31 | 1930-01-17 | -4.18% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 10.93 | 1934-01-19 | 57.95% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 11.70 | 1938-01-14 | -32.87% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.96 | 1942-01-16 | -16.96% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 18.30 | 1946-01-18 | 41.42% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 16.67 | 1950-01-13 | 4.65% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 25.43 | 1954-01-15 | 3.08% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 41.10 | 1958-01-17 | -12.76% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 68.75 | 1962-01-19 | 24.21% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 93.50 | 1966-01-14 | 9.82% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 90.92 | 1970-01-16 | -11.96% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 95.56 | 1974-01-18 | -15.69% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 89.69 | 1978-01-13 | -12.00% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 116.33 | 1982-01-15 | -11.42% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 208.43 | 1986-01-17 | 23.21% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 339.15 | 1990-01-19 | 24.08% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 474.91 | 1994-01-14 | 13.86% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 961.51 | 1998-01-16 | 32.70% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,127.58 | 2002-01-18 | -19.99% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,287.61 | 2006-01-13 | 12.63% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,136.03 | 2010-01-15 | 19.23% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,838.70 | 2014-01-17 | 31.85% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,810.30 | 2018-01-19 | 29.91% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,662.85 | 2022-01-14 | 35.41% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 6,940.01 | 2026-01-16 | 17.05% |