Since Election
26 Mar 2026 is 506 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 506 days is 52.08% for the 1996 Clinton administration on 1998-03-25.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 506 days is -43.43% for the 1936 D. Roosevelt administration on 1938-03-23.
The least amount of percent change in the first 506 days is 4.69% for the 1964 Johnson administration on 1966-03-23.
The most amount of percent change in the first 506 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 506 days is 15.41%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 506 days is 4.86%.
* 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 | 24.57 | 1930-03-27 | 10.48% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 10.62 | 1934-03-29 | 53.47% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 9.89 | 1938-03-24 | -43.26% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.13 | 1942-03-26 | -24.65% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 17.93 | 1946-03-28 | 38.56% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 17.56 | 1950-03-23 | 10.23% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 26.42 | 1954-03-25 | 7.09% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 42.17 | 1958-03-27 | -10.49% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 70.01 | 1962-03-29 | 26.49% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 89.29 | 1966-03-24 | 4.87% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 89.92 | 1970-03-26 | -12.93% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 94.82 | 1974-03-28 | -16.35% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 89.36 | 1978-03-23 | -12.32% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 113.21 | 1982-03-25 | -13.80% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 238.97 | 1986-03-27 | 41.26% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 340.79 | 1990-03-29 | 24.68% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 464.35 | 1994-03-24 | 11.33% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,100.80 | 1998-03-26 | 51.92% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,147.39 | 2002-03-28 | -18.58% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,301.67 | 2006-03-23 | 13.86% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,165.73 | 2010-03-25 | 22.35% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,849.04 | 2014-03-27 | 32.59% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,640.87 | 2018-03-29 | 22.08% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,520.16 | 2022-03-24 | 31.27% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 6,477.16 | 2026-03-26 | 9.24% |