Since Election
1 Oct 2026 is 695 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 695 days is 40.36% for the 1996 Clinton administration on 1998-09-30.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 695 days is -44.08% for the 1972 Nixon/Ford administration on 1974-10-02.
The least amount of percent change in the first 695 days is -0.26% for the 1976 Carter administration on 1978-09-27.
The most amount of percent change in the first 695 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 695 days is 9.58%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 695 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 | 19.18 | 1930-10-02 | -13.76% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 8.82 | 1934-10-04 | 27.46% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 11.90 | 1938-09-29 | -31.73% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.92 | 1942-10-01 | -17.33% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 14.98 | 1946-10-03 | 15.77% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 19.42 | 1950-09-28 | 21.91% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 32.31 | 1954-09-30 | 30.97% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 50.17 | 1958-10-02 | 6.50% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 56.70 | 1962-10-04 | 2.44% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 76.31 | 1966-09-29 | -10.37% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 84.32 | 1970-10-01 | -18.35% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 62.28 | 1974-10-03 | -45.06% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 101.96 | 1978-09-28 | 0.04% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 120.42 | 1982-09-30 | -8.31% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 233.92 | 1986-10-02 | 38.28% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 312.69 | 1990-10-04 | 14.40% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 462.24 | 1994-09-29 | 10.82% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 986.39 | 1998-10-01 | 36.13% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 818.95 | 2002-10-03 | -41.89% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,338.88 | 2006-09-28 | 17.12% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,141.20 | 2010-09-30 | 19.78% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,946.17 | 2014-10-02 | 39.56% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,901.61 | 2018-10-04 | 34.13% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 3,640.47 | 2022-09-29 | 5.72% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,651.54 | 2026-09-30 | 29.05% |