Since Election
29 Apr 2026 is 540 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 540 days is 51.16% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration on 1934-05-01.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 540 days is -42.91% for the 1936 D. Roosevelt administration on 1938-04-26.
The least amount of percent change in the first 540 days is -5.18% for the 1976 Carter administration on 1978-04-25.
The most amount of percent change in the first 540 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 540 days is 14.94%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 540 days is 4.93%.
* 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 | 24.90 | 1930-04-30 | 11.96% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 10.25 | 1934-05-02 | 48.12% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 10.08 | 1938-04-27 | -42.17% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 7.61 | 1942-04-29 | -29.47% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 18.71 | 1946-05-01 | 44.59% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 17.76 | 1950-04-26 | 11.49% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 27.76 | 1954-04-28 | 12.53% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 43.44 | 1958-04-30 | -7.79% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 65.99 | 1962-05-02 | 19.22% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 91.76 | 1966-04-27 | 7.78% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 81.81 | 1970-04-29 | -20.78% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 92.22 | 1974-05-01 | -18.64% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 96.82 | 1978-04-26 | -5.00% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 117.26 | 1982-04-28 | -10.71% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 235.52 | 1986-04-30 | 39.22% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 334.48 | 1990-05-02 | 22.37% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 451.87 | 1994-04-26 | 8.33% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,094.62 | 1998-04-29 | 51.07% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,086.46 | 2002-05-01 | -22.91% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,305.41 | 2006-04-26 | 14.19% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,191.36 | 2010-04-28 | 25.04% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,883.95 | 2014-04-30 | 35.10% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,635.67 | 2018-05-02 | 21.84% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,183.96 | 2022-04-27 | 21.51% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,135.95 | 2026-04-29 | 20.36% |