Since Election
21 May 2026 is 562 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 562 days is 54.44% for the 1996 Clinton administration on 1998-05-20.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 562 days is -42.63% for the 1936 D. Roosevelt administration on 1938-05-18.
The least amount of percent change in the first 562 days is -0.02% for the 1964 Johnson administration on 1966-05-18.
The most amount of percent change in the first 562 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 562 days is 12.91%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 562 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 | 23.79 | 1930-05-22 | 6.97% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 9.59 | 1934-05-24 | 38.58% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 10.11 | 1938-05-19 | -42.00% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.02 | 1942-05-21 | -25.67% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 18.78 | 1946-05-23 | 45.13% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 18.56 | 1950-05-18 | 16.51% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 28.82 | 1954-05-20 | 16.82% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 43.78 | 1958-05-22 | -7.07% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 60.62 | 1962-05-24 | 9.52% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 85.02 | 1966-05-19 | -0.14% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 72.16 | 1970-05-21 | -30.12% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 87.29 | 1974-05-23 | -22.99% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 98.62 | 1978-05-18 | -3.24% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 114.59 | 1982-05-20 | -12.75% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 240.12 | 1986-05-22 | 41.94% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 358.41 | 1990-05-24 | 31.13% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 456.48 | 1994-05-19 | 9.44% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,114.64 | 1998-05-21 | 53.83% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,097.08 | 2002-05-23 | -22.15% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,261.81 | 2006-05-18 | 10.38% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,071.59 | 2010-05-20 | 12.47% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,892.49 | 2014-05-22 | 35.71% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,727.76 | 2018-05-24 | 26.09% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 3,900.79 | 2022-05-19 | 13.28% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,432.97 | 2026-05-20 | 25.37% |