Since Election
1 Apr 2026 is 512 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 512 days is 56.65% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration on 1934-04-03.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 512 days is -49.91% for the 1936 D. Roosevelt administration on 1938-03-29.
The least amount of percent change in the first 512 days is 4.85% for the 1964 Johnson administration on 1966-03-29.
The most amount of percent change in the first 512 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 512 days is 15.46%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 512 days is 4.61%.
* 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 | 25.11 | 1930-04-02 | 12.90% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 10.87 | 1934-04-04 | 57.08% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 8.62 | 1938-03-30 | -50.55% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.05 | 1942-04-01 | -25.39% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 18.38 | 1946-04-03 | 42.04% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 17.44 | 1950-03-29 | 9.48% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 26.94 | 1954-03-31 | 9.20% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 41.60 | 1958-04-02 | -11.70% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 68.49 | 1962-04-04 | 23.74% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 88.78 | 1966-03-30 | 4.28% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 90.07 | 1970-04-01 | -12.78% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 94.33 | 1974-04-03 | -16.78% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 89.64 | 1978-03-29 | -12.05% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 111.96 | 1982-03-31 | -14.75% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 235.71 | 1986-04-02 | 39.33% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 341.09 | 1990-04-04 | 24.79% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 445.55 | 1994-03-30 | 6.82% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,108.15 | 1998-04-01 | 52.93% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,125.40 | 2002-04-03 | -20.14% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,302.89 | 2006-03-29 | 13.97% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,169.43 | 2010-03-31 | 22.74% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,890.90 | 2014-04-02 | 35.59% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,644.69 | 2018-04-04 | 22.25% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,602.45 | 2022-03-30 | 33.66% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 6,575.32 | 2026-04-01 | 10.90% |