Since Election
5 Aug 2026 is 638 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 638 days is 47.96% for the 1996 Clinton administration on 1998-08-04.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 638 days is -39.01% for the 2000 Bush administration on 2002-08-06.
The least amount of percent change in the first 638 days is -1.24% for the 1976 Carter administration on 1978-08-01.
The most amount of percent change in the first 638 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 638 days is 12.21%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 638 days is 4.07%.
* 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 | 21.18 | 1930-08-06 | -4.77% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 8.83 | 1934-08-08 | 27.60% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 12.30 | 1938-08-03 | -29.43% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.47 | 1942-08-05 | -21.50% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 18.03 | 1946-08-07 | 39.34% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 17.95 | 1950-08-02 | 12.68% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 30.90 | 1954-08-04 | 25.25% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 47.46 | 1958-08-06 | 0.74% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 57.51 | 1962-08-08 | 3.90% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 83.15 | 1966-08-03 | -2.34% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 77.18 | 1970-08-05 | -25.26% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 82.65 | 1974-08-07 | -27.08% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 102.92 | 1978-08-02 | 0.98% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 106.14 | 1982-08-04 | -19.18% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 236.84 | 1986-08-06 | 40.00% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 338.35 | 1990-08-08 | 23.79% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 461.45 | 1994-08-03 | 10.63% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,081.43 | 1998-08-05 | 49.25% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 876.77 | 2002-08-07 | -37.79% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,277.41 | 2006-08-02 | 11.74% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,127.24 | 2010-08-04 | 18.31% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,920.24 | 2014-08-06 | 37.70% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,857.70 | 2018-08-08 | 32.10% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,155.17 | 2022-08-03 | 20.67% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,736.52 | 2026-08-04 | 30.49% |