Since Election
15 Aug 2026 is 649 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 649 days is 46.67% for the 1996 Clinton administration on 1998-08-14.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 649 days is -34.10% for the 2000 Bush administration on 2002-08-16.
The least amount of percent change in the first 649 days is 0.83% for the 1956 Eisenhower administration on 1958-08-15.
The most amount of percent change in the first 649 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 649 days is 13.30%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 649 days is 3.57%.
* 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 | 20.70 | 1930-08-15 | -6.92% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 9.06 | 1934-08-17 | 30.92% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 11.92 | 1938-08-12 | -31.61% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.58 | 1942-08-14 | -20.48% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 17.84 | 1946-08-16 | 37.87% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 18.28 | 1950-08-11 | 14.75% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 30.72 | 1954-08-13 | 24.52% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 47.50 | 1958-08-15 | 0.83% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 59.01 | 1962-08-17 | 6.61% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 83.17 | 1966-08-12 | -2.31% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 75.18 | 1970-08-14 | -27.20% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 75.67 | 1974-08-16 | -33.24% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 103.96 | 1978-08-11 | 2.00% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 103.85 | 1982-08-13 | -20.92% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 247.15 | 1986-08-15 | 46.10% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 327.83 | 1990-08-17 | 19.94% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 461.94 | 1994-08-12 | 10.75% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,062.75 | 1998-08-14 | 46.67% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 928.77 | 2002-08-16 | -34.10% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,266.74 | 2006-08-11 | 10.81% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,079.25 | 2010-08-13 | 13.27% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,955.06 | 2014-08-15 | 40.19% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,850.13 | 2018-08-17 | 31.75% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,280.15 | 2022-08-12 | 24.30% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,785.76 | 2026-08-14 | 31.32% |