Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Washington DC Company Stock Prices On Fire in the Most Recent Month

I found 9 Washington DC Headquartered Companies in Yahoo's or Google's superb Finance websites or from SEC filings with current Total Market Capitalizations of at least $100 mil 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 the lowest point for the US stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the 2008 financial meltdown, and 
  • also on May 9, 2014.
The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources....  Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.

These 9 Washington DC Companies had their average stock market prices decline by a massive 72% 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 five years and three months since March 6, 2009 through June 17, 2014, the equal-company-weighted average stock market prices of these same 9 Washington DC Companies have increased by a phenomenal 706%.

Three of these 9 Washington DC Companies had their stock market prices increase by more than 10 times in the most recent 5 years and three months.  And all 9 of them had their stock market prices increase by more 160%.

The stock market prices of these 9 Washington DC Companies were on fire in the most recent month.  To illustrate this point, the average stock market prices of these same 9 Washington DC Companies had increased by a lower 656% in the five years and two months from March 6, 2009 through May 9, 2014, as compared with a substantially higher 706% increase in the five years and three months from March 6, 2009 through June 17, 2014.

Washington DC citizens should be extremely pleased with the outstanding performance of all of their Washington DC Companies during the Obama Administration.

In similar fashion on the employment front, 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 spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.

And then with the US economic stimulating actions of the Obama Administration, supported by a Democratically controlled US Senate, 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 May 2014.

In like manner, Washington DC's unemployment rate nearly doubled, going from 5.6% in December 2007 to 10.3% in October 2009. And then with the US economic stimulating actions of the Obama Administration, supported by a Democratically controlled US Senate, going full throttle, coupled with the Quantitative Easing by the US Fed, the Washington DC unemployment rate declined sharply, going from 10.3% in October 2009 to 7.5% in the most recently reported April 2014.

Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 9 Washington DC Companies on June 17, 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
Washington DC Company HQs
6-17-14 3-6-09 12-31-07 6-17-14 3-6-09



$s $s $s









Vanda Pharmaceuticals Washington DC       14.67      0.80      6.88 1728% -88%
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Washington DC       30.91      2.48    26.32 1146% -91%
Fannie Mae Washington DC         4.19      0.36    39.98 1064% -99%
The Advisory Board Company Washington DC       50.85      7.12    32.10 614% -78%
CoStar Group Washington DC      160.08    25.32    47.25 532% -46%
Cogent Communications Group Washington DC       35.04      6.04    23.71 480% -75%
DuPont Fabros Technology Washington DC       26.70      5.34    19.60 400% -73%
Danaher Washington DC       80.17    24.66    43.87 225% -44%
Liquidity Services Washington DC       15.84      6.02    12.90 163% -53%








Average % Change all 9




706% -72%