Since Election
16 May 2026 is 558 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 558 days is 53.01% for the 1996 Clinton administration on 1998-05-15.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 558 days is -41.14% for the 1936 D. Roosevelt administration on 1938-05-13.
The least amount of percent change in the first 558 days is 0.39% for the 1964 Johnson administration on 1966-05-13.
The most amount of percent change in the first 558 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 558 days is 13.40%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 558 days is 5.77%.
* 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 | 24.28 | 1930-05-16 | 9.17% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 9.85 | 1934-05-18 | 42.34% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 10.26 | 1938-05-13 | -41.14% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 7.88 | 1942-05-15 | -26.97% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 18.60 | 1946-05-17 | 43.74% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 18.18 | 1950-05-12 | 14.12% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 28.80 | 1954-05-14 | 16.74% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 43.36 | 1958-05-16 | -7.96% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 63.82 | 1962-05-18 | 15.30% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 85.47 | 1966-05-13 | 0.39% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 76.90 | 1970-05-15 | -25.54% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 88.21 | 1974-05-17 | -22.18% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 98.07 | 1978-05-12 | -3.78% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 118.01 | 1982-05-14 | -10.14% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 232.76 | 1986-05-16 | 37.59% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 354.64 | 1990-05-18 | 29.75% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 444.14 | 1994-05-13 | 6.48% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,108.73 | 1998-05-15 | 53.01% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,106.59 | 2002-05-17 | -21.48% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,291.24 | 2006-05-12 | 12.95% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,135.68 | 2010-05-14 | 19.20% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,877.86 | 2014-05-16 | 34.66% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,712.97 | 2018-05-18 | 25.41% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,023.89 | 2022-05-13 | 16.86% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,408.50 | 2026-05-15 | 24.95% |