Since Election
20 Apr 2026 is 531 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 531 days is 61.27% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration on 1934-04-20.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 531 days is -41.48% for the 1936 D. Roosevelt administration on 1938-04-14.
The least amount of percent change in the first 531 days is 6.97% for the 1992 Clinton administration on 1994-04-15.
The most amount of percent change in the first 531 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 531 days is 17.03%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 531 days is 6.37%.
* 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 | 25.29 | 1930-04-21 | 13.71% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 11.09 | 1934-04-23 | 60.26% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 10.41 | 1938-04-18 | -40.28% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 7.79 | 1942-04-20 | -27.80% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 18.88 | 1946-04-22 | 45.90% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 17.88 | 1950-04-17 | 12.24% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 27.76 | 1954-04-19 | 12.53% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 42.93 | 1958-04-21 | -8.87% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 68.53 | 1962-04-23 | 23.81% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 91.58 | 1966-04-18 | 7.56% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 85.83 | 1970-04-20 | -16.89% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 93.38 | 1974-04-22 | -17.62% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 94.45 | 1978-04-17 | -7.33% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 116.70 | 1982-04-19 | -11.14% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 244.74 | 1986-04-21 | 44.67% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 331.05 | 1990-04-23 | 21.12% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 442.46 | 1994-04-18 | 6.08% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,123.65 | 1998-04-20 | 55.07% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,107.83 | 2002-04-22 | -21.39% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,285.33 | 2006-04-17 | 12.43% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,197.52 | 2010-04-19 | 25.69% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,871.89 | 2014-04-21 | 34.23% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,670.29 | 2018-04-23 | 23.44% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,391.69 | 2022-04-18 | 27.54% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,109.14 | 2026-04-20 | 19.90% |