The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 5 US Home Furnishing Store Companies had their average stock prices drop by 6% from December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second Presidential term, to March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term.
But since March 6, 2009, the average stock prices of these same 5 US Home Furnishing Store Corps have increased by an incredibly off-the-charts 2,906% through January 24, 2014, driven mainly by Pier 1 Import's 12,840% stock price appreciation. And the lowest increase of the 5 was 231%.
Clearly, the investors in and executives of these 5 US Home Furnishing Store Companies must be just elated 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 5 US Home Furnishing Store Companies on January 24, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, sorted by Percentage Increase from March 6, 2009 to January 24, 2014:
| Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
| Home Furnishing Stores | HQs | 1-24-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 1-24-14 | 3-6-09 | |
| Pier 1 Imports | Fort Worth | TX | 19.41 | 0.15 | 5.23 | 12840% | -97% |
| Williams-Sonoma | San Francisco | CA | 53.46 | 7.60 | 25.90 | 603% | -71% |
| Kirkland's | Nashville | TN | 19.54 | 2.81 | 0.98 | 595% | 187% |
| Haverty Furniture | Atlanta | GA | 28.04 | 7.75 | 8.99 | 262% | -14% |
| Bed Bath & Beyond | Union | NJ | 64.59 | 19.52 | 29.39 | 231% | -34% |
| Average % Change all 5 | 2906% | -6% |
