Since Election
30 Apr 2026 is 541 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 541 days is 51.07% for the 1996 Clinton administration on 1998-04-29.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 541 days is -42.17% for the 1936 D. Roosevelt administration on 1938-04-27.
The least amount of percent change in the first 541 days is -5.00% for the 1976 Carter administration on 1978-04-26.
The most amount of percent change in the first 541 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 541 days is 15.05%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 541 days is 5.14%.
* 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 | 24.30 | 1930-05-01 | 9.26% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 10.29 | 1934-05-03 | 48.70% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 9.77 | 1938-04-28 | -43.95% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 7.66 | 1942-04-30 | -29.01% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 18.62 | 1946-05-02 | 43.89% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 17.86 | 1950-04-27 | 12.12% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 28.18 | 1954-04-29 | 14.23% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 43.54 | 1958-05-01 | -7.58% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 66.53 | 1962-05-03 | 20.20% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 91.13 | 1966-04-28 | 7.04% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 81.52 | 1970-04-30 | -21.06% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 92.09 | 1974-05-02 | -18.76% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 95.86 | 1978-04-27 | -5.95% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 116.14 | 1982-04-29 | -11.57% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 235.16 | 1986-05-01 | 39.01% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 335.57 | 1990-05-03 | 22.77% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 449.10 | 1994-04-28 | 7.67% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,111.75 | 1998-04-30 | 53.43% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,084.56 | 2002-05-02 | -23.04% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,309.72 | 2006-04-27 | 14.57% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,206.78 | 2010-04-29 | 26.66% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,883.68 | 2014-05-01 | 35.08% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,629.73 | 2018-05-03 | 21.56% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,287.50 | 2022-04-28 | 24.51% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,209.01 | 2026-04-30 | 21.59% |