Since Election
16 Jul 2026 is 618 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 618 days is 62.13% for the 1996 Clinton administration on 1998-07-15.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 618 days is -35.71% for the 2000 Bush administration on 2002-07-17.
The least amount of percent change in the first 618 days is 1.36% for the 1964 Johnson administration on 1966-07-13.
The most amount of percent change in the first 618 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 618 days is 13.28%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 618 days is 4.15%.
* 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 | 21.58 | 1930-07-17 | -2.97% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 9.74 | 1934-07-19 | 40.75% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 11.84 | 1938-07-14 | -32.07% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.82 | 1942-07-16 | -18.26% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 18.04 | 1946-07-18 | 39.41% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 16.69 | 1950-07-13 | 4.77% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 30.19 | 1954-07-15 | 22.38% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 45.55 | 1958-07-17 | -3.31% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 56.42 | 1962-07-19 | 1.93% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 86.82 | 1966-07-14 | 1.97% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 76.34 | 1970-07-16 | -26.08% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 83.78 | 1974-07-18 | -26.09% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 96.25 | 1978-07-13 | -5.56% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 110.47 | 1982-07-15 | -15.88% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 236.07 | 1986-07-17 | 39.55% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 365.32 | 1990-07-19 | 33.66% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 453.41 | 1994-07-14 | 8.70% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,183.99 | 1998-07-16 | 63.40% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 881.56 | 2002-07-18 | -37.45% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,242.28 | 2006-07-13 | 8.67% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,096.48 | 2010-07-15 | 15.08% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,958.12 | 2014-07-17 | 40.41% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,804.49 | 2018-07-19 | 29.64% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 3,790.38 | 2022-07-14 | 10.08% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,572.40 | 2026-07-15 | 27.72% |