Since Inauguration
7 Sep 2026 is 596 days since the last presidential inauguration.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 596 days is 42.94% for the 1984 Reagan administration on 1986-09-05.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 596 days is -39.58% for the 1972 Nixon/Ford administration on 1974-09-06.
The least amount of percent change in the first 596 days is 2.03% for the 1976 Carter administration on 1978-09-07.
The most amount of percent change in the first 596 days is 93.25% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration. For this administration, the stock market went from 6.81 since inauguration to a low of 5.85 on 1933-03-31 (-14.10%) to a high of 12.20 on 1933-07-18 (79.15%).
The average stock market change for Democratic administrations in the first 596 days is 9.35%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 596 days is 1.40%.
* 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 | 25.32 | 1929-03-05 | 17.05 | 1930-10-21 | -32.66% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.81 | 1933-03-15 | 9.03 | 1934-10-19 | 32.60% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.96 | 1937-01-21 | 12.29 | 1938-09-08 | -31.57% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.37 | 1941-01-21 | 8.68 | 1942-09-08 | -16.30% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 13.30 | 1945-01-22 | 15.84 | 1946-09-06 | 19.10% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.02 | 1949-04-13 | 19.37 | 1950-11-29 | 28.96% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 26.09 | 1953-01-21 | 30.68 | 1954-09-08 | 17.59% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 44.40 | 1957-01-21 | 48.13 | 1958-09-08 | 8.40% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 60.29 | 1961-01-23 | 58.38 | 1962-09-07 | -3.17% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 86.52 | 1965-01-21 | 76.05 | 1966-09-08 | -12.10% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 101.63 | 1969-01-21 | 83.04 | 1970-09-08 | -18.29% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 118.21 | 1973-01-22 | 71.42 | 1974-09-06 | -39.58% |
| Carter | 1976 | 103.32 | 1977-01-21 | 106.79 | 1978-09-08 | 3.36% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.36 | 1981-01-21 | 122.20 | 1982-09-08 | -6.97% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 175.23 | 1985-01-21 | 248.14 | 1986-09-08 | 41.61% |
| Bush | 1988 | 284.50 | 1989-01-23 | 323.40 | 1990-09-07 | 13.67% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 435.49 | 1993-01-21 | 473.14 | 1994-09-08 | 8.65% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 782.72 | 1997-01-21 | 1,023.46 | 1998-09-08 | 30.76% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,342.90 | 2001-01-22 | 893.92 | 2002-09-06 | -33.43% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,167.87 | 2005-01-21 | 1,298.92 | 2006-09-08 | 11.22% |
| Obama | 2008 | 840.24 | 2009-01-21 | 1,098.87 | 2010-09-08 | 30.78% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,492.56 | 2013-01-22 | 2,001.54 | 2014-09-08 | 34.10% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,265.20 | 2017-01-23 | 2,871.68 | 2018-09-07 | 26.77% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,853.07 | 2021-01-21 | 4,006.18 | 2022-09-08 | 3.97% |
| Trump | 2024 | 6,086.37 | 2025-01-22 | 7,718.60 | 2026-09-04 | 26.82% |