The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 16 US Staffing & Outsourcing Companies had their average stock prices drop by a massive 63% 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 16 US Staffing & Outsourcing Companies have increased by a very robust 462% through January 28, 2014, led by Corporate Resource Services and On Assignment, both experiencing stock market appreciation of 20 times.
Clearly, the investors in and employees of these 16 US Staffing & Outsourcing 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 16 US Staffing & Outsourcing Companies on January 28, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, sorted by Percentage Increase from March 6, 2009 to January 28, 2014:
| Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
| Staffing & Outsourcing Services | 1-28-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 1-28-14 | 3-6-09 | ||
| Corporate Resource Services | 2.15 | 0.10 | 0.35 | 2050% | -71% | ||
| On Assignment | 30.41 | 1.44 | 7.01 | 2012% | -79% | ||
| Barrett Business Services | 83.01 | 8.14 | 18.01 | 920% | -55% | ||
| Hudson Global | 3.99 | 0.86 | 8.41 | 364% | -90% | ||
| TrueBlue | 25.62 | 6.17 | 14.48 | 315% | -57% | ||
| Kelly Services | 23.74 | 6.30 | 18.66 | 277% | -66% | ||
| Kforce | 19.17 | 5.59 | 9.75 | 243% | -43% | ||
| ManpowerGroup | 80.60 | 24.19 | 56.90 | 233% | -57% | ||
| Dice Holdings | 7.13 | 2.23 | 7.99 | 220% | -72% | ||
| Korn/Ferry Intl | 24.30 | 8.30 | 18.82 | 193% | -56% | ||
| Robert Half Intl | 41.39 | 14.41 | 27.04 | 187% | -47% | ||
| CDI Corp | 17.59 | 7.14 | 24.26 | 146% | -71% | ||
| Paychex | 42.29 | 20.94 | 36.22 | 102% | -42% | ||
| Cross Country Healthcare | 10.98 | 5.47 | 14.24 | 101% | -62% | ||
| Heidrick & Struggles Intl | 18.26 | 14.00 | 37.11 | 30% | -62% | ||
| Monster Worldwide | 6.27 | 6.22 | 32.40 | 1% | -81% | ||
| Average % Change all 16 | 462% | -63% |
