Since Election
19 Mar 2026 is 499 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 499 days is 51.01% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration on 1934-03-21.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 499 days is -39.07% for the 1936 D. Roosevelt administration on 1938-03-16.
The least amount of percent change in the first 499 days is 3.19% for the 1964 Johnson administration on 1966-03-16.
The most amount of percent change in the first 499 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 499 days is 15.09%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 499 days is 4.63%.
* 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 | 24.14 | 1930-03-20 | 8.54% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 10.64 | 1934-03-22 | 53.76% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 10.53 | 1938-03-17 | -39.59% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.20 | 1942-03-19 | -24.00% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 17.70 | 1946-03-21 | 36.79% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 17.49 | 1950-03-16 | 9.79% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 26.73 | 1954-03-18 | 8.35% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 42.11 | 1958-03-20 | -10.61% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 70.40 | 1962-03-22 | 27.19% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 88.17 | 1966-03-17 | 3.56% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 87.42 | 1970-03-19 | -15.35% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 97.34 | 1974-03-21 | -14.12% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 89.51 | 1978-03-16 | -12.18% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 110.30 | 1982-03-18 | -16.01% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 236.54 | 1986-03-20 | 39.82% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 335.69 | 1990-03-22 | 22.81% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 470.90 | 1994-03-17 | 12.90% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,089.74 | 1998-03-19 | 50.39% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,153.59 | 2002-03-21 | -18.14% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,305.33 | 2006-03-16 | 14.18% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,165.83 | 2010-03-18 | 22.36% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,872.01 | 2014-03-20 | 34.24% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,643.69 | 2018-03-22 | 22.21% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,411.67 | 2022-03-17 | 28.12% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 6,606.49 | 2026-03-19 | 11.43% |