The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 4 US Drug Store Companies had their average stock prices drop by a huge 41% 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 4 US Drug Store Companies have increased by a very robust 692% through January 27, 2014, driven by Rite Aid's massive stock price appreciation.
Clearly, the investors in and employees of these 4 US Drug Store 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 4 US Drug Store 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 | |||
| Drug Store Companies | 1-27-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 1-27-14 | 3-6-09 | ||
| Rite Aid | 5.43 | 0.22 | 2.79 | 2368% | -92% | ||
| CVS Caremark | 67.53 | 24.46 | 39.75 | 176% | -38% | ||
| Walgreen Co | 57.40 | 22.09 | 38.08 | 160% | -42% | ||
| PharMerica Corp | 24.52 | 14.83 | 13.88 | 65% | 7% | ||
| Average % Change all 4 | 692% | -41% |
