Thursday, August 28, 2014

New York Financial Company Stock Market Prices Up 321% Since March 6, 2009

Since on this Friday, August 29, 2014, there are two key Democratic National Committee Fundraisers in New Rochelle, NY and in Purchase, NY that President Barack Obama will be attending, I think it would be helpful to research first how New York Headquartered Non-Financial Companies and then a bit later how New York Headquartered Financial Companies have done on the stock market price front during the Obama Administration.

I found 95 Financial Companies Headquartered in New York in Google or Yahoo's superb Finance websites with current Total Stock 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.....before the 2008 financial meltdown
  • 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 August 27, 2014
The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources....  Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.

These 95 New York Financial Companies had their equally-company-weighted average stock market prices decline by a massive 62% 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 six months since March 6, 2009 through August 27, 2014, the equally-company-weighted average stock market prices of these same 95 New York Financial Companies have increased by a very impressive 321%.
 
Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 95 New York Financial Companies on August 27, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, along with the related Stock Market Price Percentage Changes:







Market Market Market






Price Price Price






% % %






Change Change Change



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



Price Price Price to to to
New York Company HQs
8-27-14 3-6-09 12-31-07 8-27-14 3-6-09 8-27-14



$s $s $s








OBAMA

Financial Company







JW Mays Brooklyn NY      62.99        4.20      22.15 1400% -81% 184%
iStar New York NY      15.15        1.09      26.05 1290% -96% -42%
Newcastle Investment Corp New York NY      13.42        0.99      38.88 1256% -97% -65%
NorthStar Realty Finance New York NY      18.68        1.39        8.92 1244% -84% 109%
SL Green Realty New York NY     109.60        8.69      93.46 1161% -91% 17%
Gramercy Property Trust New York NY        6.13        0.51      24.31 1102% -98% -75%
XL Group New York NY      34.16        2.95      50.31 1058% -94% -32%
Arbor Realty Trust Uniondale NY        6.98        0.65      16.11 974% -96% -57%
One Liberty Properties Great Neck NY      21.50        2.39      16.16 799% -85% 33%
American Express New York NY      89.24      10.26      52.02 770% -80% 72%
MarketAxess Holdings New York NY      59.31        7.05      12.83 741% -45% 362%
American Intl Group New York NY      56.16        7.00    1,166.00 702% -99% -95%
CIFC Corp New York NY        9.94        1.24        8.00 701% -85% 24%
AmTrust Financial Services New York NY      44.25        5.88      11.38 653% -48% 289%
Fortress Investment Group New York NY        7.45        1.08      15.58 590% -93% -52%
Assured Guaranty Ltd New York NY      24.11        3.65      26.54 561% -86% -9%
Financial Institutions Warsaw NY      23.87        3.95      17.82 504% -78% 34%
KCAP Financial Inc New York NY        8.18        1.39      12.00 488% -88% -32%
Moody's New York NY      92.88      16.04      35.70 479% -55% 160%
Signature Bank New York NY     118.60      20.57      33.75 477% -39% 251%
Pzena Investment Management New York NY      10.13        1.79      11.40 466% -84% -11%
The Blackstone Group LP New York NY      33.05        5.93      22.13 457% -73% 49%
Lexington Realty Trust New York NY      10.84        1.99      12.88 444% -85% -16%
MasterCard Purchase NY      76.64      14.24      21.52 438% -34% 256%
Icahn Enterprises LP New York NY     113.44      21.97     129.72 416% -83% -13%
Cohen & Steers New York NY      43.29        8.51      29.97 409% -72% 44%
Citigroup New York NY      51.86      10.30     294.40 403% -97% -82%
Evercore Partners Inc New York NY      50.59      10.71      21.55 372% -50% 135%
McGraw Hill Financial New York NY      80.59      17.64      43.81 357% -60% 84%
BGC Partners New York NY        7.58        1.66      11.30 357% -85% -33%
Sovran Self Storage Williamsville NY      77.69      17.10      40.10 354% -57% 94%
MetLife New York NY      54.73      12.22      61.62 348% -80% -11%
MBIA Inc Armonk NY      10.44        2.53      18.63 313% -86% -44%
Flushing Financial Lake Success NY      19.18        4.72      16.05 306% -71% 20%
M&T Bank Buffalo NY     123.78      31.85      81.57 289% -61% 52%
Assurant New York NY      66.53      17.19      66.90 287% -74% -1%
WP Carey New York NY      68.32      18.02      33.20 279% -46% 106%
JPMorgan Chase New York NY      59.59      15.93      43.65 274% -64% 37%
E*TRADE Financial New York NY      22.28        6.10      35.50 265% -83% -37%
BlackRock New York NY     333.55      92.40     216.80 261% -57% 54%
Vornado Realty Trust New York NY     105.36      29.31      87.95 259% -67% 20%
New York Mortgage Trust New York NY        7.98        2.22        8.60 259% -74% -7%
Arch Capital Group New York NY      55.67      15.93      23.45 249% -32% 137%
BlackRock Kelso Capital New York NY        9.22        2.72      15.28 239% -82% -40%
Kimco Realty New Hyde Park NY      23.28        7.01      36.40 232% -81% -36%
Oppenheimer Holdings New York NY      23.65        7.13      42.35 232% -83% -44%
Acadia Realty Trust White Plains NY      28.83        8.90      25.61 224% -65% 13%
Mesabi Trust New York NY      19.26        5.97      20.72 223% -71% -7%
Apollo Investment Corp New York NY        8.69        2.71      17.05 221% -84% -49%
GAMCO Investors Rye NY      78.43      26.62      69.20 195% -62% 13%
Blackstone Mortgage Trust New York NY      28.99      10.10     306.50 187% -97% -91%
Marsh & McLennan New York NY      52.60      18.33      26.47 187% -31% 99%
BRT Realty Trust Great Neck NY        7.22        2.59      12.64 179% -80% -43%
Travelers New York NY      94.76      34.44      53.80 175% -36% 76%
Broadridge Financial Solutions Lake Success NY      41.95      16.03      22.43 162% -29% 87%
Medallion Financial New York NY      11.92        4.57      10.02 161% -54% 19%
Resource Capital Corp New York NY        5.39        2.07        9.31 160% -78% -42%
Community Bank System DeWitt NY      35.66      13.93      19.87 156% -30% 79%
AllianceBernstein Holding LP New York NY      27.25      10.75      75.25 153% -86% -64%
INTL FCStone New York NY      19.29        7.63      26.99 153% -72% -29%
Home Properties Rochester NY      64.07      25.36      44.85 153% -43% 43%
Lazard Ltd New York NY      53.64      21.34      40.68 151% -48% 32%
Greene County Bancorp Catskill NY      26.00      10.43      12.05 149% -13% 116%
Loews New York NY      43.59      18.13      50.34 140% -64% -13%
Goldman Sachs New York NY     177.81      75.65     215.05 135% -65% -17%
Nasdaq OMX Group New York NY      43.72      19.29      49.49 127% -61% -12%
Central Securities Corp New York NY      23.78      10.52      26.84 126% -61% -11%
Och-Ziff Capital Management New York NY      12.48        5.56      26.28 124% -79% -53%
Berkshire Bancorp New York NY        8.15        3.76      16.01 117% -77% -49%
Bank New York Mellon New York NY      39.17      18.25      48.76 115% -63% -20%
Astoria Financial Lake Success NY      13.16        6.20      23.27 112% -73% -43%
Dime Community Bancshares Brooklyn NY      15.47        7.43      12.77 108% -42% 21%
New York Community Bancorp Westbury NY      15.99        7.99      17.58 100% -55% -9%
Morgan Stanley New York NY      34.13      17.18      53.11 99% -68% -36%
Cedar Realty Trust Port Washington NY        6.42        3.32      10.23 93% -68% -37%
The First of Long Island Glen Head NY      35.37      19.90      18.55 78% 7% 91%
Chemung Financial Elmira NY      28.41      16.00      28.05 78% -43% 1%
Alleghany New York  NY     430.86     253.63     402.00 70% -37% 7%
Sterling Bancorp Montebello NY      12.74        7.73      12.92 65% -40% -1%
MFA Financial New York NY        8.38        5.32        9.25 58% -42% -9%
Prospect Capital New York NY      10.33        6.58      13.05 57% -50% -21%
Tompkins Financial Ithaca NY      45.71      29.55      35.27 55% -16% 30%
NBT Bancorp Norwich NY      24.07      16.04      22.82 50% -30% 5%
Arrow Financial Glen Falls NY      26.73      18.11      18.90 48% -4% 41%
TrustCo Bank Glenville NY        6.97        4.93        9.92 41% -50% -30%
Bridge Bancorp Bridgehampton NY      24.73      18.45      24.30 34% -24% 2%
Chimera Investment Corp New York NY        3.30        2.50      17.88 32% -86% -82%
Getty Realty Jericho NY      18.82      14.30      26.68 32% -46% -29%
Cowen Group New York NY        4.04        3.74        9.51 8% -61% -58%
Investment Technology Group New York NY      17.18      17.60      47.59 -2% -63% -64%
Suffolk Bancorp Riverhead NY      20.51      21.41      30.71 -4% -30% -33%
Annaly Capital Management New York NY      11.89      12.88      18.18 -8% -29% -35%
First Niagara Financial Buffalo NY        8.67        9.87      12.04 -12% -18% -28%
Greenhill & Co New York NY      49.56      57.47      66.48 -14% -14% -25%
Value Line New York NY      16.05      26.92      40.72 -40% -34% -61%









Average % Change all 95 New York Financial Companies


321% -62% 15%

In addition to the above New York Financial Companies, from IPO Scoop, below here are the 10 New York Financial Companies filing IPOs since the beginning of 2009 which have experienced at least 10% stock market price appreciation from their Initial Offering Prices through August 27, 2014:








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8-27-14
Change






Stock Initial From
IPO
City State

Market Offering Offering
Date New York Company IPO HQs HQs Sector Industry Price Price Price





$ $







OBAMA

Financial Company






5/2/13 Voya Financial New York NY Financial Asset Management 39.17 19.50 101%
2/9/12 FX Alliance  New York NY Financial Services Foreign Exchange Trading 22.05 12.00 84%
11/18/11 Manning & Napier  Fairport NY Financial Asset Management 18.17 12.00 51%
6/27/13 Silvercrest Asset Management Group New York NY Financial Asset Management 16.38 11.00 49%
3/28/14 Moelis New York NY Financial Asset Management 35.06 25.00 40%
3/30/11 Apollo Global Management  New York NY Financial Diversified Investments 24.36 19.00 28%
10/2/13 Empire State Realty Trust  New York NY Financial REIT-Diversified 16.44 13.00 26%
3/21/14 CBS Outdoor Americas New York NY Financial REIT 34.01 28.00 21%
10/30/13 Brixmor Property Group  New York NY Financial REIT-Retail 23.66 20.00 18%
2/6/14 Ladder Capital  New York NY Financial Commercial Real Estate 18.71 17.00 10%

On the employment front, from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of New York State nearly doubled from 4.7% in December 2007 to 8.8% 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 taking full effect, coupled with the Quantitative Easing by the US Fed, the New York State unemployment rate declined from 8.8% in October 2009 to 6.6% in the most recently reported July 2014.

New York State Citizens must be very pleased with both the outstanding performance of nearly all of their New York Financial Companies as well as the significant drop in the New York State Unemployment Rate during the Obama Administration.