Since Election
6 May 2026 is 547 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 547 days is 53.95% for the 1996 Clinton administration on 1998-05-05.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 547 days is -43.49% for the 1936 D. Roosevelt administration on 1938-05-03.
The least amount of percent change in the first 547 days is -4.58% for the 1976 Carter administration on 1978-05-02.
The most amount of percent change in the first 547 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 547 days is 14.64%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 547 days is 5.15%.
* 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 | 23.31 | 1930-05-07 | 4.81% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 9.88 | 1934-05-09 | 42.77% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 10.01 | 1938-05-04 | -42.57% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 7.79 | 1942-05-06 | -27.80% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 18.47 | 1946-05-08 | 42.74% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 18.27 | 1950-05-03 | 14.69% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 28.29 | 1954-05-05 | 14.67% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 43.93 | 1958-05-07 | -6.75% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 64.26 | 1962-05-09 | 16.10% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 89.39 | 1966-05-04 | 4.99% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 79.47 | 1970-05-06 | -23.05% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 91.64 | 1974-05-08 | -19.15% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 96.26 | 1978-05-03 | -5.55% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 117.67 | 1982-05-05 | -10.40% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 236.08 | 1986-05-07 | 39.55% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 342.86 | 1990-05-09 | 25.44% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 451.72 | 1994-05-04 | 8.30% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,104.92 | 1998-05-06 | 52.49% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,088.85 | 2002-05-08 | -22.74% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,308.12 | 2006-05-03 | 14.43% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,165.87 | 2010-05-05 | 22.37% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,878.21 | 2014-05-07 | 34.68% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,697.79 | 2018-05-09 | 24.71% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,300.17 | 2022-05-04 | 24.88% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,365.12 | 2026-05-06 | 24.22% |