The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 11 US Entertainment Companies had their average stock prices drop by a massive 61% from December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second Presidential term, to March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was the very lowest point for the overall stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.
But since March 6, 2009, the average stock prices of these same 11 US Entertainment Companies have increased by a robust 407% through January 27, 2014, with all 11 of them having stock price appreciation above 100%.
Clearly, the investors in and employees of these 11 US Entertainment Companies must be pleased with the impact of actions taken by both the Obama Administration and the US Fed to successfully rescue the US economy from its extremely weakened state caused by the 2008 US financial meltdown.
Below here are the market prices of each of these 11 US Entertainment Companies on January 27, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, sorted by Percentage Increase from March 6, 2009 to January 27, 2014:
| Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
| Entertainment Companies | 1-27-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 1-27-14 | 3-6-09 | ||
| Cedar Fair LP | 49.50 | 6.00 | 21.13 | 725% | -72% | ||
| Live Nation Entertainment | 20.64 | 2.89 | 14.52 | 614% | -80% | ||
| Twenty-First Century Fox | 31.05 | 4.69 | 18.09 | 562% | -74% | ||
| IMAX Corp | 27.13 | 4.10 | 6.82 | 562% | -40% | ||
| Viacom | 81.04 | 13.92 | 43.92 | 482% | -68% | ||
| Walt Disney Co | 72.25 | 15.83 | 32.28 | 356% | -51% | ||
| Comcast | 52.49 | 11.63 | 18.26 | 351% | -36% | ||
| Cinedigm | 2.40 | 0.60 | 4.47 | 300% | -87% | ||
| Orbitz Worldwide | 7.03 | 2.17 | 8.50 | 224% | -74% | ||
| Time Warner | 62.88 | 22.41 | 49.53 | 181% | -55% | ||
| World Wrestling Entertainment | 21.41 | 9.53 | 14.76 | 125% | -35% | ||
| Average % Change all 11 | 407% | -61% |
