Since Election
18 Feb 2026 is 470 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 470 days is 64.74% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration on 1934-02-20.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 470 days is -37.52% for the 1936 D. Roosevelt administration on 1938-02-15.
The least amount of percent change in the first 470 days is 4.62% for the 1952 Eisenhower administration on 1954-02-16.
The most amount of percent change in the first 470 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 470 days is 15.80%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 470 days is 2.45%.
* 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 | 23.07 | 1930-02-19 | 3.73% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 11.43 | 1934-02-21 | 65.17% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 10.87 | 1938-02-16 | -37.64% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.48 | 1942-02-18 | -21.41% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 17.37 | 1946-02-20 | 34.23% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 17.06 | 1950-02-15 | 7.09% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 25.86 | 1954-02-17 | 4.82% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 41.15 | 1958-02-19 | -12.65% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 70.32 | 1962-02-21 | 27.05% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 93.16 | 1966-02-16 | 9.42% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 87.44 | 1970-02-18 | -15.33% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 93.44 | 1974-02-20 | -17.57% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 88.83 | 1978-02-15 | -12.84% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 113.69 | 1982-02-17 | -13.43% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 219.76 | 1986-02-19 | 29.90% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 327.67 | 1990-02-21 | 19.88% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 472.79 | 1994-02-16 | 13.35% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,032.08 | 1998-02-18 | 42.44% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,097.98 | 2002-02-20 | -22.09% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,280.00 | 2006-02-15 | 11.97% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,099.51 | 2010-02-17 | 15.40% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,828.75 | 2014-02-19 | 31.14% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,701.33 | 2018-02-21 | 24.87% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,475.01 | 2022-02-16 | 29.96% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 6,881.31 | 2026-02-18 | 16.06% |