Since Election
12 Mar 2026 is 492 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 492 days is 58.53% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration on 1934-03-14.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 492 days is -37.52% for the 1936 D. Roosevelt administration on 1938-03-09.
The least amount of percent change in the first 492 days is 4.49% for the 1964 Johnson administration on 1966-03-09.
The most amount of percent change in the first 492 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 492 days is 14.78%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 492 days is 4.68%.
* 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 | 23.60 | 1930-03-13 | 6.12% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 10.79 | 1934-03-15 | 55.92% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 10.77 | 1938-03-10 | -38.21% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 7.98 | 1942-03-12 | -26.04% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 17.09 | 1946-03-14 | 32.07% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 17.07 | 1950-03-09 | 7.16% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 26.69 | 1954-03-11 | 8.19% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 42.46 | 1958-03-13 | -9.87% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 71.06 | 1962-03-15 | 28.38% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 88.96 | 1966-03-10 | 4.49% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 88.33 | 1970-03-12 | -14.47% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 99.65 | 1974-03-14 | -12.09% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 87.89 | 1978-03-09 | -13.77% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 109.36 | 1982-03-11 | -16.73% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 233.19 | 1986-03-13 | 37.84% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 338.07 | 1990-03-15 | 23.69% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 463.90 | 1994-03-10 | 11.22% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,069.92 | 1998-03-12 | 47.66% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,153.04 | 2002-03-14 | -18.18% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,272.23 | 2006-03-09 | 11.29% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,150.24 | 2010-03-11 | 20.73% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,846.34 | 2014-03-13 | 32.40% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,747.33 | 2018-03-15 | 27.00% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,259.52 | 2022-03-10 | 23.70% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 6,672.62 | 2026-03-12 | 12.54% |