Since Election
20 Sep 2026 is 685 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 685 days is 44.16% for the 2012 Obama administration on 2014-09-19.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 685 days is -40.01% for the 2000 Bush administration on 2002-09-20.
The least amount of percent change in the first 685 days is 2.16% for the 1976 Carter administration on 1978-09-15.
The most amount of percent change in the first 685 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 685 days is 10.67%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 685 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 | 20.17 | 1930-09-22 | -9.31% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 8.90 | 1934-09-24 | 28.61% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 11.50 | 1938-09-19 | -34.02% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.65 | 1942-09-21 | -19.83% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 14.41 | 1946-09-23 | 11.36% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 19.37 | 1950-09-18 | 21.59% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 31.57 | 1954-09-20 | 27.97% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 49.20 | 1958-09-22 | 4.44% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 56.63 | 1962-09-24 | 2.31% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 79.59 | 1966-09-19 | -6.52% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 81.91 | 1970-09-21 | -20.68% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 69.42 | 1974-09-23 | -38.76% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 103.21 | 1978-09-18 | 1.27% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 122.51 | 1982-09-20 | -6.72% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 234.93 | 1986-09-22 | 38.87% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 304.59 | 1990-09-24 | 11.44% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 470.85 | 1994-09-19 | 12.88% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,023.89 | 1998-09-21 | 41.31% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 833.70 | 2002-09-23 | -40.84% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,321.18 | 2006-09-18 | 15.57% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,142.71 | 2010-09-20 | 19.94% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,994.29 | 2014-09-22 | 43.01% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,919.37 | 2018-09-24 | 34.95% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 3,899.89 | 2022-09-19 | 13.26% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,637.76 | 2026-09-17 | 28.82% |