Since Election
28 Apr 2026 is 539 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 539 days is 51.16% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration on 1934-04-30.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 539 days is -41.42% for the 1936 D. Roosevelt administration on 1938-04-25.
The least amount of percent change in the first 539 days is -6.03% for the 1976 Carter administration on 1978-04-24.
The most amount of percent change in the first 539 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 539 days is 15.44%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 539 days is 5.28%.
* 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 | 24.73 | 1930-04-29 | 11.20% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 10.46 | 1934-05-01 | 51.16% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 9.95 | 1938-04-26 | -42.91% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 7.47 | 1942-04-28 | -30.77% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 18.76 | 1946-04-30 | 44.98% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 17.83 | 1950-04-25 | 11.93% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 27.71 | 1954-04-27 | 12.32% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 43.00 | 1958-04-29 | -8.72% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 65.70 | 1962-05-01 | 18.70% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 91.99 | 1966-04-26 | 8.05% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 80.27 | 1970-04-28 | -22.27% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 90.31 | 1974-04-30 | -20.33% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 96.64 | 1978-04-25 | -5.18% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 118.00 | 1982-04-27 | -10.15% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 240.51 | 1986-04-29 | 42.17% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 332.25 | 1990-05-01 | 21.56% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 451.87 | 1994-04-26 | 8.33% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,085.11 | 1998-04-28 | 49.76% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,076.92 | 2002-04-30 | -23.58% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,301.74 | 2006-04-25 | 13.87% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,183.71 | 2010-04-27 | 24.24% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,878.33 | 2014-04-29 | 34.69% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,654.80 | 2018-05-01 | 22.72% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,175.20 | 2022-04-26 | 21.25% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,138.80 | 2026-04-28 | 20.40% |