Since Election
19 Aug 2026 is 652 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 652 days is 51.98% for the 1996 Clinton administration on 1998-08-18.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 652 days is -33.88% for the 1972 Nixon/Ford administration on 1974-08-20.
The least amount of percent change in the first 652 days is 0.40% for the 1956 Eisenhower administration on 1958-08-19.
The most amount of percent change in the first 652 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 652 days is 14.33%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 652 days is 3.94%.
* 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 | 20.85 | 1930-08-20 | -6.25% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 9.40 | 1934-08-22 | 35.84% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 12.10 | 1938-08-17 | -30.58% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.72 | 1942-08-19 | -19.18% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 17.74 | 1946-08-21 | 37.09% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 18.34 | 1950-08-16 | 15.13% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 31.09 | 1954-08-18 | 26.02% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 47.32 | 1958-08-20 | 0.45% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 59.78 | 1962-08-22 | 8.00% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 81.18 | 1966-08-17 | -4.65% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 76.96 | 1970-08-19 | -25.48% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 73.51 | 1974-08-21 | -35.15% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 104.65 | 1978-08-16 | 2.68% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 108.54 | 1982-08-18 | -17.35% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 249.77 | 1986-08-20 | 47.64% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 316.55 | 1990-08-22 | 15.81% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 465.17 | 1994-08-17 | 11.52% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,098.06 | 1998-08-19 | 51.54% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 949.36 | 2002-08-21 | -32.64% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,295.43 | 2006-08-16 | 13.32% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,094.16 | 2010-08-18 | 14.84% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,986.51 | 2014-08-20 | 42.45% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,861.82 | 2018-08-22 | 32.29% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,274.04 | 2022-08-17 | 24.12% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,691.76 | 2026-08-18 | 29.73% |