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 Trucks & Other Vehicle Companies had their average stock prices drop by a massive 78% 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 5 US Truck & Other Vehicles Corps have increased by a very impressive 709% through January 23, 2014. So, it wasn't just the US Auto sector which was rescued by the Obama Administration.
Clearly, the investors in and employees of these 5 US & Other Vehicles Companies must be very 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 5 US Trucks & Other Vehicles Companies on January 23, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, sorted by Percentage Increase from March 6, 2009 to January 23, 2014:
| Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
| Trucking & Other Vehicles | 1-23-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 1-23-14 | 3-6-09 | ||
| Wabash National | Lafayette | IN | 14.00 | 0.95 | 7.69 | 1374% | -88% |
| Oshkosh Corp | Oshkosh | WI | 53.77 | 4.95 | 47.26 | 986% | -90% |
| Supreme Industries | Goshen | IN | 6.90 | 0.73 | 5.06 | 841% | -86% |
| PACCAR | Bellevue | WA | 58.25 | 21.07 | 54.48 | 176% | -61% |
| Spartan Motors | Charlotte | MI | 6.56 | 2.44 | 7.64 | 169% | -68% |
| Average % Change all 5 | 709% | -78% |
