Since Election
17 Sep 2026 is 681 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 681 days is 44.29% for the 1996 Clinton administration on 1998-09-16.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 681 days is -40.26% for the 1972 Nixon/Ford administration on 1974-09-18.
The least amount of percent change in the first 681 days is -4.27% for the 1928 Hoover administration on 1930-09-17.
The most amount of percent change in the first 681 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 681 days is 10.90%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 681 days is 4.37%.
* 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 | 21.06 | 1930-09-18 | -5.31% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 8.77 | 1934-09-20 | 26.73% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 11.67 | 1938-09-15 | -33.05% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.59 | 1942-09-17 | -20.39% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 14.33 | 1946-09-19 | 10.74% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 19.18 | 1950-09-14 | 20.40% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 31.46 | 1954-09-16 | 27.52% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 49.38 | 1958-09-18 | 4.82% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 58.54 | 1962-09-20 | 5.76% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 80.08 | 1966-09-15 | -5.94% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 82.29 | 1970-09-17 | -20.32% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 70.09 | 1974-09-19 | -38.16% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 105.10 | 1978-09-14 | 3.12% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 123.77 | 1982-09-16 | -5.76% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 232.31 | 1986-09-18 | 37.32% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 311.48 | 1990-09-20 | 13.96% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 474.81 | 1994-09-15 | 13.83% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,018.87 | 1998-09-17 | 40.61% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 843.32 | 2002-09-19 | -40.16% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,316.28 | 2006-09-14 | 15.14% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,124.66 | 2010-09-16 | 18.04% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 2,011.36 | 2014-09-18 | 44.23% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,930.75 | 2018-09-20 | 35.48% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 3,901.35 | 2022-09-15 | 13.30% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,551.81 | 2026-09-16 | 27.37% |