Since Election
4 Apr 2026 is 515 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 515 days is 58.24% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration on 1934-04-06.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 515 days is -48.88% for the 1936 D. Roosevelt administration on 1938-04-01.
The least amount of percent change in the first 515 days is 5.64% for the 1964 Johnson administration on 1966-04-01.
The most amount of percent change in the first 515 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 515 days is 15.78%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 515 days is 4.45%.
* 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 | 25.54 | 1930-04-04 | 14.84% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 10.95 | 1934-04-06 | 58.24% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 8.91 | 1938-04-01 | -48.88% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.11 | 1942-04-02 | -24.84% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 18.54 | 1946-04-05 | 43.28% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 17.29 | 1950-03-31 | 8.54% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 27.21 | 1954-04-02 | 10.30% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 41.48 | 1958-04-03 | -11.95% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 68.84 | 1962-04-06 | 24.37% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 89.94 | 1966-04-01 | 5.64% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 89.39 | 1970-04-03 | -13.44% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 93.01 | 1974-04-05 | -17.94% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 89.21 | 1978-03-31 | -12.47% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 115.12 | 1982-04-02 | -12.34% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 228.69 | 1986-04-04 | 35.18% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 340.08 | 1990-04-06 | 24.42% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 445.77 | 1994-03-31 | 6.87% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,122.70 | 1998-04-03 | 54.94% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,122.73 | 2002-04-05 | -20.33% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,294.87 | 2006-03-31 | 13.27% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,178.10 | 2010-04-01 | 23.65% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,865.09 | 2014-04-04 | 33.74% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,604.47 | 2018-04-06 | 20.40% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,545.86 | 2022-04-01 | 32.02% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 6,582.69 | 2026-04-02 | 11.02% |