Thursday, January 23, 2014

Industrial Goods Sectors' Waste Management, Cement & Manufactured Housing Corps Average Stock Prices All Down Markedly Due to Financial Meltdown Spillover Effects, Then Up Very Nicely Under Obama and the US Fed

I found 10 US Waste Management Corps, 2 US Cement Corps and 1 Manufactured Housing Corps, all in Yahoo's Industrial Goods Sector Industrial Goods Sector, with current Total Market Capitalizations of at least $100 mil each and which also had their common stocks trading on each of the following three dates: on December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second term, on March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was their lowest point due to the spillover effects resulting from the 2008 financial meltdown, and also on January 22, 2014.

The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources....  Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.

Below here are the market prices of the each of these 13 Companies on January 22, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, sorted by Percentage Increase from March 6, 2009 to January 22, 2014:






Market Market






Price Price






% %






Change Change



Market Market Market 3-6-09 12-31-07



Price Price Price to to
Industrial Goods Company HQs
1-22-14 3-6-09 12-31-07 1-22-14 3-6-09







Waste Management






Darling Intl Irving TX       20.84       3.09      11.56 574% -73%
Casella Waste Systems Rutland VT         5.40       0.84      13.04 543% -94%
Waste Connections Woodlands TX       41.06      14.58      20.60 182% -29%
TRC Companies Windsor CT         7.20       2.70       8.00 167% -66%
US Ecology Boise ID       37.02      14.74      23.48 151% -37%
Stericycle Lake Forest IL      119.59      47.74      59.40 151% -20%
Clean Harbors Norwell  MA       56.29      22.52      25.85 150% -13%
Republic Services Phoenix AZ       32.35      16.47      31.35 96% -47%
Waste Management Houston TX       42.75      23.26      32.67 84% -29%
Covanta Holding Morristown NJ       18.10      13.42      27.66 35% -51%








Average % Change all 10




213% -46%








Cement






Texas Industries Dallas TX       68.22      13.69      70.10 398% -80%
Eagle Materials Dallas TX       80.89      17.45      35.48 364% -51%








Average % Change all 2




381% -66%








Manufactured Housing






Cavco Industries Phoenix AZ       74.99      20.02      33.84 275% -41%