- On December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second term
- On March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was the lowest point for the US stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the 2008 financial meltdown, and
- also on the most recent date May 14, 2014.
These 18 Louisiana Companies had their average stock market prices decline by a massive 58% 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 more than five years since March 6, 2009, the average stock market prices of these same 18 Louisiana Companies have increased by a very impressive 370% through May 14, 2014, led mainly by Stone Energy's stock market price increasing by 22 times in the most recent roughly 5 years.
In similar fashion, from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US unemployment rate doubled from 5.0% in December 2007 to 10.0% in October 2009, early in President Obama's first term which was the very lowest point for the US Labor Market due to the lagging spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.
And then with the US economic stimulating actions of the Obama Administration, supported by both a Democratic controlled US Senate and US House (at the time), taking full effect, coupled with the Quantitative Easing by the US Fed, the US unemployment rate declined sharply from 10.0% in October 2009 to 6.3% in the most recently reported April 2014.
In like manner, Louisiana's unemployment rate nearly doubled, going from 3.7% in December 2007 to 6.9% in October 2009. And then with the US economic stimulating actions of the Obama Administration, supported by both a Democratic controlled US Senate and US House (at the time), going full throttle, coupled with the Quantitative Easing by the US Fed, the Louisiana State unemployment rate declined sharply, going from 6.9% in October 2009 to 4.5% in the most recently reported April 2014.
Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 18 Louisiana Companies on May 14, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, along with the related Stock Market Price Percentage Changes:
| Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
| Louisiana Company | HQs | 5-14-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 5-14-14 | 3-6-09 | |
| $s | $s | $s | |||||
| Stone Energy Corp | Lafayette | LA | 41.36 | 1.81 | 46.91 | 2185% | -96% |
| Lamar Advertising | Baton Rouge | LA | 50.25 | 5.59 | 48.07 | 799% | -88% |
| Globalstar | Covington | LA | 3.15 | 0.37 | 8.00 | 751% | -95% |
| H&E Equipment Services | Baton Rouge | LA | 34.83 | 4.95 | 18.88 | 604% | -74% |
| Pool Corp | Covington | LA | 57.63 | 11.59 | 19.83 | 397% | -42% |
| Albemarle | Baton Rouge | LA | 68.98 | 16.17 | 41.25 | 327% | -61% |
| Hornbeck Offshore Services | Covington | LA | 41.96 | 10.73 | 44.95 | 291% | -76% |
| Gulf Island Fabrication | Houma | LA | 18.80 | 5.44 | 31.71 | 246% | -83% |
| PetroQuest Energy Inc | Lafayette | LA | 6.14 | 1.80 | 14.30 | 241% | -87% |
| PHI Inc | Lafayette | LA | 41.40 | 13.03 | 31.60 | 218% | -59% |
| Amerisafe Inc | DeRidder | LA | 38.96 | 13.80 | 15.51 | 182% | -11% |
| Teche Holding Co | New Iberia | LA | 70.97 | 26.70 | 37.75 | 166% | -29% |
| Midsouth Bancorp | Lafayette | LA | 17.63 | 8.25 | 23.30 | 114% | -65% |
| Tidewater | New Orleans | LA | 50.85 | 32.07 | 54.86 | 59% | -42% |
| IberiaBank | Lafayette | LA | 60.44 | 38.39 | 46.75 | 57% | -18% |
| CenturyLink | Monroe | LA | 37.66 | 24.09 | 41.46 | 56% | -42% |
| LHC Group | Lafayette | LA | 20.44 | 17.16 | 24.98 | 19% | -31% |
| Amedisys | Baton Rouge | LA | 14.00 | 26.41 | 48.52 | -47% | -46% |
| Average % Change all 18 | 370% | -58% |
