Since Election
30 Sep 2026 is 694 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 694 days is 44.77% for the 1996 Clinton administration on 1998-09-29.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 694 days is -44.08% for the 1972 Nixon/Ford administration on 1974-10-01.
The least amount of percent change in the first 694 days is 0.69% for the 1976 Carter administration on 1978-09-26.
The most amount of percent change in the first 694 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 694 days is 9.67%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 694 days is 3.91%.
* 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 | 19.42 | 1930-10-01 | -12.68% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 8.83 | 1934-10-03 | 27.60% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 11.48 | 1938-09-28 | -34.14% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.85 | 1942-09-30 | -17.98% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 15.00 | 1946-10-02 | 15.92% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 19.41 | 1950-09-27 | 21.85% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 32.50 | 1954-09-29 | 31.74% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 49.98 | 1958-10-01 | 6.09% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 56.16 | 1962-10-03 | 1.46% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 77.11 | 1966-09-28 | -9.43% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 84.30 | 1970-09-30 | -18.37% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 63.38 | 1974-10-02 | -44.08% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 101.66 | 1978-09-27 | -0.26% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 121.63 | 1982-09-29 | -7.39% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 233.60 | 1986-10-01 | 38.09% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 311.40 | 1990-10-03 | 13.93% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 464.84 | 1994-09-28 | 11.44% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,017.01 | 1998-09-30 | 40.36% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 827.91 | 2002-10-02 | -41.25% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,336.59 | 2006-09-27 | 16.92% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,144.73 | 2010-09-29 | 20.15% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,946.16 | 2014-10-01 | 39.56% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,925.51 | 2018-10-03 | 35.24% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 3,719.04 | 2022-09-28 | 8.00% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,670.84 | 2026-09-29 | 29.38% |