These 59 Chicago Area Corps had their average stock price increase by a huge 145% from the time President Obama took office in his first term and October 15, 2012, as you can see from the below link:
Chicago Area Corp Stock Prices Up 145% Since Obama Took Office
So, how have these companies done lately? Well, even much better, with their average stock price increase by 208% from January 16, 2009 to the close of today May 29, 2013. And this 208% increase is more than double both the 85% increase in the Dow Industrials Index and the 94% increase in the S&P 500 Index over the identical time span.
There are many financially astute Chicago Area citizens, and they already had this all figured out. They probably just didn't previously have the precise average percentage increases tied down.
I removed Abbott Labs since it had a huge recent separation, Terra Nitrogen since it is a Limited Partnership, and Aon since it is London-based. Thus, this leaves the 56 Chicago Area Corps shown below.
It is pretty clear that Chicago Area Corps have flat out thrived during the Obama Administration, and will continue to do so, and particularly so if the US House turns to Democratic control and the US Senate remains in Democratic control, both in 2014.
Chicago Area citizens have to be extremely happy with the stock market performance of their many fine Chicago Area companies during the Obama Administration.
And Chicago Area citizens also must be very pleased with how the Obama Administration, with much assistance from the US Fed, worked so hard and very effectively on so many fronts to create a US economic environment that permitted these Chicago Area companies to flat out flourish. This highly successful effort created a robust US economic environment which was quite a change from what existed in the just horrible financial meltdown, near Depression year of 2008.
Below here are the common stock market closing prices of each of these 56 Chicago Area Corps at both the most recent date (May 29, 2013), and also at the date just before President Obama took office in his first term (Jan 16, 2009), as well as the percentage stock market price changes for this period of time:
| Chicago | Market | Market | Percentage | |
| Area | Price | Price | Increase | |
| HQs | 5-29-13 | 1-16-09 | (Decrease) | |
| S&P 500 Index | 1,648.36 | 850.12 | 94% | |
| Dow Industrials Index | 15,302.80 | 8,281.22 | 85% | |
| Chicago Area Largest Corps | ||||
| Tenneco | Lake Forest | $44.11 | $2.25 | 1860% |
| Ulta Salon | Bolingbrook | $91.67 | $6.05 | 1415% |
| Kapstone Paper & Packaging | Northbrook | $29.34 | $2.10 | 1297% |
| Brunswick | Lake Forest | $33.14 | $3.13 | 959% |
| Discover Financial Services | Riverwoods | $47.49 | $7.60 | 525% |
| Strategic Hotels | Chicago | $8.12 | $1.78 | 356% |
| LKQ Corp | Chicago | $24.53 | $6.02 | 307% |
| CF Industries | Deerfield | $194.00 | $48.52 | 300% |
| Packaging Corp America | Lake Forest | $49.59 | $13.33 | 272% |
| Hillshire Brands | Downers Grove | $35.10 | $9.98 | 252% |
| Jones Lang Lasalle | Chicago | $91.50 | $26.43 | 246% |
| WW Grainger | Lake Forest | $254.99 | $76.52 | 233% |
| USG | Chicago | $28.02 | $9.47 | 196% |
| CNH Global NV | Burr Ridge | $43.63 | $15.13 | 188% |
| Anixter | Glenview | $76.09 | $27.17 | 180% |
| United Continental | Chicago | $33.00 | $11.95 | 176% |
| First Industrial Realty Trust | Chicago | $17.52 | $6.73 | 160% |
| Acco Brands | Lincolnshire | $7.56 | $2.94 | 157% |
| Accenture | Chicago | $82.95 | $32.68 | 154% |
| Taylor Capital Group | Wheeling | $16.30 | $6.51 | 150% |
| Dover | Downers Grove | $77.95 | $31.20 | 150% |
| Zebra Technologies | Lincolnshire | $45.96 | $18.52 | 148% |
| CNA Financial | Chicago | $34.32 | $13.89 | 147% |
| Ventas | Chicago | $72.56 | $29.45 | 146% |
| IDEX | Lake Forest | $54.99 | $22.88 | 140% |
| Boeing | Chicago | $99.09 | $42.46 | 133% |
| Kemper | Chicago | $33.94 | $14.94 | 127% |
| United Stationers | Deerfield | $33.92 | $15.54 | 118% |
| Equity Residential | Chicago | $58.54 | $27.27 | 115% |
| Stericycle | Lake Forest | $108.66 | $50.69 | 114% |
| Molex | Lisle | $29.40 | $13.77 | 114% |
| Illinois Tool Works | Glenview | $70.17 | $34.63 | 103% |
| OfficeMax | Naperville | $12.78 | $6.49 | 97% |
| CME Group | Chicago | $67.62 | $34.90 | 94% |
| Aptargroup | Crystal Lake | $56.27 | $30.44 | 85% |
| Walgreens | Deerfield | $49.54 | $26.91 | 84% |
| Arthur Gallagher | Itasca | $44.46 | $24.35 | 83% |
| GATX | Chicago | $50.78 | $28.50 | 78% |
| Allstate | Northbrook | $48.55 | $28.77 | 69% |
| Calamos Asset Mgt | Naperville | $10.55 | $6.27 | 68% |
| Beam | Deerfield | $66.64 | $40.12 | 66% |
| McDonalds | Oak Brook | $99.05 | $59.67 | 66% |
| Baxter | Deerfield | $71.34 | $54.95 | 30% |
| Hospira | Lake Forest | $34.69 | $27.04 | 28% |
| Navistar International | Lisle | $36.12 | $28.47 | 27% |
| Old Republic | Chicago | $13.86 | $11.88 | 17% |
| RR Donnelley | Chicago | $13.00 | $11.16 | 16% |
| Northern Trust | Chicago | $58.57 | $51.08 | 15% |
| WMS Industries | Waukegan | $25.39 | $24.58 | 3% |
| Sears Holdings | Hoffman Estates | $50.23 | $49.21 | 2% |
| US Cellular | Chicago | $39.68 | $41.46 | -4% |
| Telephone & Data Systems | Chicago | $23.25 | $29.45 | -21% |
| Old Second Bancorp | Aurora | $5.64 | $9.01 | -37% |
| DeVry | Downers Grove | $31.03 | $58.99 | -47% |
| Tellabs | Naperville | $2.04 | $3.94 | -48% |
| Career Education | Schaumburg | $2.98 | $21.41 | -86% |
| Average Increase: All 56 Chicago Area Largest Corps | 208% | |||
| S&P 500 Index | 1,648.36 | 850.12 | 94% | |
| Dow Industrials Index | 15,302.80 | 8,281.22 | 85% |
