Since Election
1 May 2026 is 542 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 542 days is 53.43% for the 1996 Clinton administration on 1998-04-30.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 542 days is -43.95% for the 1936 D. Roosevelt administration on 1938-04-28.
The least amount of percent change in the first 542 days is -5.95% for the 1976 Carter administration on 1978-04-27.
The most amount of percent change in the first 542 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 542 days is 15.41%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 542 days is 5.08%.
* 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 | 23.57 | 1930-05-02 | 5.98% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 10.32 | 1934-05-04 | 49.13% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 9.78 | 1938-04-29 | -43.89% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 7.71 | 1942-05-01 | -28.54% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 18.46 | 1946-05-03 | 42.66% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 17.96 | 1950-04-28 | 12.74% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 28.26 | 1954-04-30 | 14.55% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 43.69 | 1958-05-02 | -7.26% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 66.24 | 1962-05-04 | 19.67% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 91.06 | 1966-04-29 | 6.95% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 81.44 | 1970-05-01 | -21.14% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 91.29 | 1974-05-03 | -19.46% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 96.83 | 1978-04-28 | -4.99% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 116.44 | 1982-04-30 | -11.34% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 234.79 | 1986-05-02 | 38.79% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 338.39 | 1990-05-04 | 23.80% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 450.91 | 1994-04-29 | 8.10% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,121.00 | 1998-05-01 | 54.71% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,073.43 | 2002-05-03 | -23.83% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,310.61 | 2006-04-28 | 14.64% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,186.69 | 2010-04-30 | 24.55% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,881.14 | 2014-05-02 | 34.89% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,663.42 | 2018-05-04 | 23.12% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,131.93 | 2022-04-29 | 19.99% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,230.12 | 2026-05-01 | 21.94% |