Since Election
25 Mar 2026 is 505 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 505 days is 52.59% for the 1996 Clinton administration on 1998-03-24.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 505 days is -42.28% for the 1936 D. Roosevelt administration on 1938-03-22.
The least amount of percent change in the first 505 days is 5.07% for the 1964 Johnson administration on 1966-03-22.
The most amount of percent change in the first 505 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 505 days is 15.82%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 505 days is 4.53%.
* 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 | 24.62 | 1930-03-26 | 10.70% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 10.45 | 1934-03-28 | 51.01% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 9.86 | 1938-03-23 | -43.43% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.16 | 1942-03-25 | -24.37% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 17.95 | 1946-03-27 | 38.72% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 17.55 | 1950-03-22 | 10.17% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 26.47 | 1954-03-24 | 7.30% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 42.30 | 1958-03-26 | -10.21% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 70.04 | 1962-03-28 | 26.54% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 89.13 | 1966-03-23 | 4.69% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 89.77 | 1970-03-25 | -13.07% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 96.59 | 1974-03-27 | -14.79% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 89.47 | 1978-03-22 | -12.22% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 112.97 | 1982-03-24 | -13.98% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 237.30 | 1986-03-26 | 40.27% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 342.00 | 1990-03-28 | 25.12% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 468.54 | 1994-03-23 | 12.33% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,101.93 | 1998-03-25 | 52.08% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,144.58 | 2002-03-27 | -18.78% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,305.04 | 2006-03-22 | 14.16% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,167.72 | 2010-03-24 | 22.56% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,852.56 | 2014-03-26 | 32.84% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,605.00 | 2018-03-28 | 20.42% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,456.24 | 2022-03-23 | 29.41% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 6,591.90 | 2026-03-25 | 11.18% |