Since Election
6 Oct 2026 is 700 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 700 days is 40.89% for the 2012 Obama administration on 2014-10-06.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 700 days is -44.28% for the 2000 Bush administration on 2002-10-07.
The least amount of percent change in the first 700 days is 1.02% for the 1976 Carter administration on 1978-10-02.
The most amount of percent change in the first 700 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 700 days is 9.91%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 700 days is 3.95%.
* 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 | 18.62 | 1930-10-07 | -16.28% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 8.83 | 1934-10-09 | 27.60% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 12.48 | 1938-10-04 | -28.40% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 9.13 | 1942-10-06 | -15.38% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 14.53 | 1946-10-08 | 12.29% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 19.66 | 1950-10-03 | 23.41% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 32.63 | 1954-10-05 | 32.27% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 51.07 | 1958-10-07 | 8.41% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 57.20 | 1962-10-09 | 3.34% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 75.10 | 1966-10-04 | -11.79% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 86.85 | 1970-10-06 | -15.90% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 64.84 | 1974-10-08 | -42.80% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 102.60 | 1978-10-03 | 0.67% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 121.98 | 1982-10-05 | -7.12% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 234.41 | 1986-10-07 | 38.56% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 305.10 | 1990-10-09 | 11.62% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 454.59 | 1994-10-04 | 8.99% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 984.59 | 1998-10-06 | 35.88% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 798.55 | 2002-10-08 | -43.34% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,334.11 | 2006-10-03 | 16.70% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,160.75 | 2010-10-05 | 21.83% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,935.10 | 2014-10-07 | 38.76% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,880.34 | 2018-10-09 | 33.15% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 3,790.93 | 2022-10-04 | 10.09% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,773.95 | 2026-10-05 | 31.12% |