Since Election
23 Aug 2026 is 657 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 657 days is 49.22% for the 1996 Clinton administration on 1998-08-21.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 657 days is -36.88% for the 1972 Nixon/Ford administration on 1974-08-23.
The least amount of percent change in the first 657 days is 1.32% for the 1956 Eisenhower administration on 1958-08-22.
The most amount of percent change in the first 657 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 657 days is 14.17%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 657 days is 4.34%.
* 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 | 20.68 | 1930-08-25 | -7.01% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 9.39 | 1934-08-27 | 35.69% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 12.27 | 1938-08-22 | -29.60% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.73 | 1942-08-24 | -19.09% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 17.47 | 1946-08-26 | 35.01% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 18.70 | 1950-08-21 | 17.39% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 31.00 | 1954-08-23 | 25.66% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 47.74 | 1958-08-25 | 1.34% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 59.55 | 1962-08-27 | 7.59% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 78.24 | 1966-08-22 | -8.10% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 80.99 | 1970-08-24 | -21.57% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 72.16 | 1974-08-26 | -36.34% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 103.89 | 1978-08-21 | 1.93% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 116.11 | 1982-08-23 | -11.59% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 247.81 | 1986-08-25 | 46.49% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 321.44 | 1990-08-27 | 17.60% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 462.32 | 1994-08-22 | 10.84% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,088.14 | 1998-08-24 | 50.17% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 947.95 | 2002-08-26 | -32.74% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,297.52 | 2006-08-21 | 13.50% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,067.36 | 2010-08-23 | 12.03% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,997.92 | 2014-08-25 | 43.27% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,896.74 | 2018-08-27 | 33.91% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,137.99 | 2022-08-22 | 20.17% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,674.37 | 2026-08-21 | 29.44% |