- 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 the most recent date February 14, 2014.
The historical common stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 13 largest US National Investment Brokerage Companies had their average stock prices decline by a massive 65% 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 in the slightly less than five years since March 6, 2009, the average stock prices of these same 13 largest US National Investment Brokerage Companies have increased by a very respectable 209% through February 14, 2014, led by MarketAxess Holdings.
All 13 US National Investment Brokerage Companies experienced stock price increases since March 6, 2009.
Clearly, a majority of the investors in and employees of these 13 largest US National Investment Brokerage 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.
Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 13 largest US National Investment Brokerage Companies on February 14, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007:
| Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
| National Investment Brokerage Company | HQs | 2-14-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 2-14-14 | 3-6-09 | |
| MarketAxess Holdings | New York | NY | 59.71 | 7.05 | 12.83 | 747% | -45% |
| Ladenburg Thalmann Fincl Svcs | Miami | FL | 2.45 | 0.41 | 2.12 | 498% | -81% |
| BGC Partners | New York | NY | 6.94 | 1.66 | 11.30 | 318% | -85% |
| E*TRADE Financial | New York | NY | 21.81 | 6.10 | 35.50 | 258% | -83% |
| TD Ameritrade | Omaha | NE | 32.53 | 10.70 | 20.06 | 204% | -47% |
| INTL FCStone | New York | NY | 18.10 | 7.63 | 26.99 | 137% | -72% |
| Charles Schwab | San Francisco | CA | 25.45 | 11.36 | 25.55 | 124% | -56% |
| Goldman Sachs | New York | NY | 163.72 | 75.65 | 215.05 | 116% | -65% |
| CME Group | Chicago | IL | 77.11 | 36.49 | 137.20 | 111% | -73% |
| Morgan Stanley | New York | NY | 29.69 | 17.18 | 53.11 | 73% | -68% |
| JMP Group | San Francisco | CA | 7.04 | 4.15 | 8.48 | 70% | -51% |
| Interactive Brokers Group | Greenwich | CT | 21.74 | 13.37 | 32.32 | 63% | -59% |
| Cowen Group | New York | NY | 3.85 | 3.74 | 9.51 | 3% | -61% |
| Average % Change all 13 | 209% | -65% |
