Since Election
9 May 2026 is 550 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 550 days is 52.93% for the 1996 Clinton administration on 1998-05-08.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 550 days is -40.16% for the 1936 D. Roosevelt administration on 1938-05-06.
The least amount of percent change in the first 550 days is 3.17% for the 1964 Johnson administration on 1966-05-06.
The most amount of percent change in the first 550 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 550 days is 13.27%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 550 days is 6.33%.
* 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 | 23.69 | 1930-05-09 | 6.52% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 9.55 | 1934-05-11 | 38.01% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 10.43 | 1938-05-06 | -40.16% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 7.89 | 1942-05-08 | -26.88% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 18.74 | 1946-05-10 | 44.82% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 18.22 | 1950-05-05 | 14.38% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 28.65 | 1954-05-07 | 16.13% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 44.09 | 1958-05-09 | -6.41% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 62.65 | 1962-05-11 | 13.19% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 87.84 | 1966-05-06 | 3.17% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 79.44 | 1970-05-08 | -23.08% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 91.47 | 1974-05-10 | -19.30% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 96.53 | 1978-05-05 | -5.29% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 119.47 | 1982-05-07 | -9.03% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 237.85 | 1986-05-09 | 40.60% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 352.00 | 1990-05-11 | 28.78% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 447.82 | 1994-05-06 | 7.36% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,108.14 | 1998-05-08 | 52.93% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,054.99 | 2002-05-10 | -25.14% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,325.76 | 2006-05-05 | 15.97% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,110.88 | 2010-05-07 | 16.59% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,878.48 | 2014-05-09 | 34.70% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,727.72 | 2018-05-11 | 26.09% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,123.34 | 2022-05-06 | 19.74% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,398.93 | 2026-05-08 | 24.79% |