Since Election
15 Sep 2026 is 679 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 679 days is 42.28% for the 2012 Obama administration on 2014-09-15.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 679 days is -41.54% for the 1972 Nixon/Ford administration on 1974-09-16.
The least amount of percent change in the first 679 days is 3.93% for the 1956 Eisenhower administration on 1958-09-15.
The most amount of percent change in the first 679 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 679 days is 10.99%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 679 days is 4.06%.
* 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 | 21.22 | 1930-09-16 | -4.59% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 8.52 | 1934-09-18 | 23.12% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 11.37 | 1938-09-13 | -34.77% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.59 | 1942-09-15 | -20.39% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 15.28 | 1946-09-17 | 18.08% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 18.87 | 1950-09-12 | 18.46% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 31.28 | 1954-09-14 | 26.79% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 49.35 | 1958-09-16 | 4.75% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 59.03 | 1962-09-18 | 6.65% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 78.32 | 1966-09-13 | -8.01% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 81.36 | 1970-09-15 | -21.22% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 67.38 | 1974-09-17 | -40.56% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 106.99 | 1978-09-12 | 4.97% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 123.10 | 1982-09-14 | -6.27% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 231.72 | 1986-09-16 | 36.97% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 318.60 | 1990-09-18 | 16.56% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 467.51 | 1994-09-13 | 12.08% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,037.68 | 1998-09-15 | 43.21% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 873.52 | 2002-09-17 | -38.02% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,313.00 | 2006-09-12 | 14.85% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,121.10 | 2010-09-14 | 17.67% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,998.98 | 2014-09-16 | 43.34% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,904.31 | 2018-09-18 | 34.26% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 3,932.69 | 2022-09-13 | 14.21% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,619.98 | 2026-09-14 | 28.52% |