Thursday, October 2, 2014

10 US States With Second Highest Company Average Stock Market Price % Increases Since March 6, 2009: ....................#6 Nevada +542%.................... ........................#7 Ohio +538%...................... ..............#8 South Carolina +521% ........................ .....#9 San Fran/Silicon Valley,CA +509%.... ...................#10 Illinois +508%........................ ...........#11 Washington DC +505%.................. ................#12 Maryland +495%..................... ...............#13 Minnesota +492%.................... ...................#14 Alaska + 490%.................... ..................#15 Nebraska +474%....................

In the below chart are the 10 US States with the second highest (#6 through #15) company equally-weighted average stock market price percentage increases since March 6, 2009 to the most recent October 1, 2014.  This March 6, 2009 date was the overall US stock market's lowest point due to the aftershock of the late 2008 financial meltdown. This March 6, 2009 date was also very early in the first year of President Obama's first term.

The Companies included below were found from 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
  • On March 6, 2009, 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 October 1, 2014
I also included below Companies which were sold in 2014 and I also included Companies whose common stock first started trading in 2008. 

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 stock market prices of each of these Companies in these 10 US States on October 1, 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

HQs 10-1-14 3-6-09 12-31-07 10-1-14 3-6-09 10-1-14


$s $s $s


#6 Nevada Company






Las Vegas Sands Las Vegas           61.24             1.77         103.05 3360% -98% -41%
Wynn Resorts Las Vegas         182.30           15.40         112.13 1084% -86% 63%
MGM Resorts Las Vegas           22.11             1.99           84.02 1011% -98% -74%
AMERCO Reno         259.78           23.48           65.68 1006% -64% 296%
American Pacific Corp Las Vegas           46.47             4.59           17.05 912% -73% 173%
Bally Technologies Las Vegas           80.78           13.47           49.72 500% -73% 62%
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Henderson             8.09             1.43             2.72 466% -47% 197%
VirnetX Holding Zephyr Cove             5.59             1.15             5.88 386% -80% -5%
Pinnacle Entertainment Las Vegas           24.79             5.40           23.56 359% -77% 5%
Allegiant Travel Las Vegas         121.01           33.44           32.14 262% 4% 277%
Boyd Gaming Las Vegas           10.00             3.10           34.07 223% -91% -71%
Monarch Casino & Resort Reno           11.51             3.80           24.08 203% -84% -52%
Unwired Planet Reno             1.76             0.76             2.60 133% -71% -32%
Global Cash Access Holdings Las Vegas             6.62             2.93             6.06 126% -52% 9%
International Game Technology Las Vegas           16.83             7.47           43.93 125% -83% -62%
Employers Holdings Reno           19.16             8.71           16.71 120% -48% 15%
PDL BioPharma Incline Village             7.51             6.27           12.46 20% -50% -40%
Paramount Gold & Silver Corp Winnemucca             0.90             0.76             2.05 18% -63% -56%
Allied Nevada Gold Reno             3.31             4.16             6.22 -20% -33% -47%








Average % Change all 19 Nevada



542% -67% 33%








#7 Ohio Company






Dana Holding Maumee           19.28             0.23           12.70 8283% -98% 52%
Air Transport Services Group Wilmington             7.11             0.22             4.18 3132% -95% 70%
Libbey Inc Toledo           25.94             0.96           15.84 2602% -94% 64%
PolyOne Corp Avon Lake           35.09             1.39             6.58 2424% -79% 433%
Park-Ohio Holdings Cleveland           47.00             1.99           25.10 2262% -92% 87%
EW Scripps Cincinnati           16.40             0.79           31.19 1976% -97% -47%
Fifth Third Bancorp Cincinnati           19.80             1.29           25.13 1434% -95% -21%
Ferro Corp Mayfield Heights           14.23             0.97           20.73 1367% -95% -31%
Commercial Vehicle Group New Albany             6.14             0.47           14.50 1206% -97% -58%
Glimcher Realty Trust Columbus           13.49             1.08           14.29 1149% -92% -6%
Shilo Industries Valley City           16.96             1.37             9.85 1138% -86% 72%
AtriCure West Chester           14.21             1.25           13.11 1037% -90% 8%
DDR Corp Beachwood           16.79             1.52           38.29 1005% -96% -56%
Core Molding Technologies Columbus           13.80             1.28             7.06 978% -82% 95%
L Brands Columbus           66.13             6.26           18.93 956% -67% 249%
Nacco Industries Cleveland           49.81             4.78           31.76 943% -85% 57%
Rex American Resources Dayton           69.94             6.86           15.77 920% -56% 344%
United Community Financial Youngstown             4.66             0.48             5.37 871% -91% -13%
Chart Industries Garfield Heights           52.55             5.57           30.90 843% -82% 70%
Huntington Bancshares Columbus             9.60             1.02           14.76 841% -93% -35%
DSW Inc Columbus           29.81             3.47             9.38 760% -63% 218%
Macy's Cincinnati           57.76             6.94           25.87 732% -73% 123%
Cooper Tire & Rubber Findlay           28.43             3.44           16.58 726% -79% 71%
Cedar Fair LP Sandusky           47.36             6.00           21.13 689% -72% 124%
CECO Environmental Cincinnati           13.08             1.86           10.98 603% -83% 19%
Nordson Westlake           74.64           10.62           28.98 603% -63% 158%
OMNOVA Solutions Fairlawn             5.42             0.82             4.41 561% -81% 23%
First Defiance Financial Defiance           27.10             4.24           22.02 539% -81% 23%
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Akron           22.11             3.51           28.22 530% -88% -22%
Stoneridge Warren           10.96             1.79             8.04 512% -78% 36%
SIFCO Industries Cleveland           30.66             5.10           16.80 501% -70% 83%
TransDigm Group Cleveland         182.38           30.94           45.17 489% -32% 304%
Owens Corning Toledo           31.30             5.33           20.22 487% -74% 55%
Timken Canton           41.67             7.19           23.52 480% -69% 77%
Mettler-Toledo Columbus         251.79           47.40         113.80 431% -58% 121%
The Andersons Maumee           61.12           11.55           44.80 429% -74% 36%
Travel Centers of America Westlake             9.39             1.82           12.50 416% -85% -25%
Myers Industries Akron           17.28             3.35           14.47 416% -77% 19%
Pacer Intl Dublin             8.90             1.76           14.60 406% -88% -39%
Rocky Brands Nelsonville           14.00             2.80             6.13 400% -54% 128%
Worthington Industries Columbus           36.19             7.27           17.88 398% -59% 102%
Sherwin-Williams Cleveland         213.74           42.98           58.04 397% -26% 268%
Lincoln Electric Holdings Cleveland           67.88           13.66           35.59 397% -62% 91%
Cardinal Health Dublin           74.58           15.37           29.77 385% -48% 150%
Forest City Enterprises Cleveland           19.50             4.02           44.44 385% -91% -56%
RPM Intl Medinah           44.65             9.24           20.30 383% -54% 120%
American Financial Group Cincinnati           57.47           13.13           28.88 338% -55% 99%
Eaton Corp PLC Cleveland           62.68           15.56           48.48 303% -68% 29%
Parker-Hannifin Cleveland         111.67           28.63           75.31 290% -62% 48%
M/I Homes Columbus           19.81             5.09           10.50 289% -52% 89%
Diamond Hill Investment Group Columbus         121.06           31.78           73.10 281% -57% 66%
Cintas Cincinnati           68.65           18.46           33.62 272% -45% 104%
Multi-Color Corp Batavia           44.25           12.18           27.47 263% -56% 61%
LCA-Vision Cincinnati             7.42             2.07           19.97 258% -90% -63%
RG Barry Corp Pickerington           18.87             5.58             7.05 238% -21% 168%
Associated Estates Realty Richmond Heights           17.39             5.35             9.44 225% -43% 84%
Convergys Cincinnati           17.53             5.70           16.46 208% -65% 7%
Peoples Bancorp Marietta           23.76             7.73           24.89 207% -69% -5%
Applied Industrial Technologies Cleveland           45.23           14.97           29.02 202% -48% 56%
Gorman-Rupp Mansfield           28.87             9.88           19.97 192% -51% 45%
Chemed Cincinnati         101.49           35.30           55.88 188% -37% 82%
LNB Bancorp Lorraine           14.06             4.99           14.65 182% -66% -4%
JM Smucker Orrville           97.89           35.01           51.44 180% -32% 90%
First Financial Bancorp Cincinnati           15.80             5.66           11.40 179% -50% 39%
Bob Evans Farms Columbus           46.14           16.86           26.93 174% -37% 71%
A. Schulman Fairlawn           34.17           12.56           21.55 172% -42% 59%
Omnicare Cincinnati           61.34           23.35           22.81 163% 2% 169%
Steris Mentor           53.90           20.61           28.84 162% -29% 87%
Kroger Cincinnati           51.60           19.85           26.71 160% -26% 93%
Teradata Dayton           41.59           16.01           27.41 160% -42% 52%
Owens-Illinois Perrysburg           25.88           10.13           49.50 155% -80% -48%
Cincinnati Financial Fairfield           46.62           18.57           39.54 151% -53% 18%
KeyCorp Cleveland           13.18             5.36           23.45 146% -77% -44%
Materion Mayfield Heights           29.85           12.16           37.02 145% -67% -19%
Big Lots Columbus           42.75           17.51           15.99 144% 10% 167%
Progressive Mayfield Village           25.18           10.32           19.16 144% -46% 31%
Athersys Cleveland             1.37             0.58             4.91 136% -88% -72%
Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Dublin             1.24             0.53             0.29 134% 83% 328%
Health Care REIT Toledo           62.69           27.27           44.69 130% -39% 40%
Scotts Miracle-Gro Marysville           54.91           25.83           37.42 113% -31% 47%
Lancaster Colony Columbus           83.64           39.63           39.70 111% 0% 111%
Abercrombie & Fitch New Albany           35.13           17.49           79.97 101% -78% -56%
Cincinnati Bell Cincinnati             3.31             1.65             4.75 101% -65% -30%
Farmers National Banc Canfield             7.99             3.99             7.70 100% -48% 4%
Wendy's Dublin             8.11             4.10             8.73 98% -53% -7%
National Interstate Richfield           27.60           14.34           33.10 92% -57% -17%
Preformed Line Products Mayfield Village           51.94           28.26           59.97 84% -53% -13%
Procter & Gamble Cincinnati           83.14           45.71           73.42 82% -38% 13%
LSI Industries Cincinnati             5.96             3.32           18.20 80% -82% -67%
Park National Newark           75.14           42.15           64.50 78% -35% 16%
Olympic Steel Bedford Heights           19.88           11.21           31.71 77% -65% -37%
OM Group Cleveland           25.12           14.35           57.54 75% -75% -56%
Diebold North Canton           34.77           19.92           28.98 75% -31% 20%
Greif Delaware           42.68           26.54           65.37 61% -59% -35%
Frisch's Restaurants Cincinnati           28.23           19.50           23.40 45% -17% 21%
State Auto Financial  Columbus           20.69           15.12           26.30 37% -43% -21%
FirstMerit Akron           17.36           12.82           19.86 35% -35% -13%
Farmers and Merchants Bancorp Archbold           25.25           18.75           20.25 35% -7% 25%
TFS Financial Cleveland           14.19           11.30           11.94 26% -5% 19%
AK Steel Holding West Chester             7.25             6.09           46.24 19% -87% -84%
CBIZ Inc Cleveland             7.86             6.61             9.81 19% -33% -20%
Meridian Bioscience Cincinnati           17.67           17.86           30.08 -1% -41% -41%
GrafTech Intl Parma             4.46             5.25           17.75 -15% -70% -75%
Invacare Elyria           11.93           14.96           25.20 -20% -41% -53%
Cliffs Natural Resources Cleveland             9.77           13.00           25.20 -25% -48% -61%








Average % Change all 105 Ohio



538% -59% 48%








#8 South Carolina Company






3D Systems Corp Rock Hill           44.54             1.54             5.15 2786% -70% 765%
World Acceptance Greenville           67.27           11.26           26.98 497% -58% 149%
Denny's Corp Spartanburg             6.94             1.19             3.75 483% -68% 85%
Blackbaud Charleston           39.14             9.49           28.04 312% -66% 40%
First Citizens Bancorp Columbia         922.25         225.00         660.00 310% -66% 40%
Synalloy Spartanburg           16.76             4.24           17.19 295% -75% -3%
South State Corp Columbia           55.38           17.72           31.67 213% -44% 75%
ScanSource Greenville           34.32           14.63           32.35 135% -55% 6%
Sonoco Products Hartsville           38.66           17.62           32.68 119% -46% 18%
AVX Corp Fountain Inn           12.98             8.31           13.42 56% -38% -3%








Average % Change all 10 South Carolina


521% -59% 117%








#9 San Francisco Bay and Silicon Valley Calif Areas




…..Technology






Seagate Technology Cupertino           55.08             3.11           25.50 1671% -88% 116%
Sanmina San Jose           20.76             1.20           10.92 1630% -89% 90%
Pixelworks San Jose             6.20             0.37             2.28 1576% -84% 172%
iGATE Fremont           36.11             2.56             7.95 1311% -68% 354%
8x8 Inc San Jose             6.42             0.46             0.89 1296% -48% 621%
Nanometrics Milpitas           14.96             1.11             9.86 1248% -89% 52%
PDF Solutions San Jose           12.69             0.99             9.01 1182% -89% 41%
SanDisk Milpitas           95.11             7.79           33.17 1121% -77% 187%
Netflix Los Gatos         438.80           38.18           26.62 1049% 43% 1548%
eGain Sunnyvale             5.61             0.50             0.45 1022% 11% 1147%
Glu Mobile San Francisco             5.08             0.46             5.22 1004% -91% -3%
NetSuite San Mateo           87.08             8.15           39.18 968% -79% 122%
Integrated Silicon Solution Milpitas           13.51             1.38             6.62 879% -79% 104%
Ultra Clean Holdings Hayward             8.91             0.97           12.20 819% -92% -27%
Saba Software Redwood Shores           13.40             1.51             5.14 787% -71% 161%
VeriFone Systems San Jose           33.26             4.02           23.25 727% -83% 43%
Apple Cupertino           99.18           12.19           28.30 714% -57% 250%
Cepheid Sunnyvale           43.52             5.64             8.50 672% -34% 412%
Salesforce.com San Francisco           56.73             7.52           15.67 655% -52% 262%
Aruba Networks Sunnyvale           20.59             2.76           14.91 646% -81% 38%
Alliance Fiber Optic Products Sunnyvale           11.74             1.58             5.05 644% -69% 132%
Finisar Sunnyvale           16.54             2.24           11.60 638% -81% 43%
Super Micro Computer San Jose           28.58             4.84             7.67 490% -37% 273%
JDS Uniphase Milpitas           13.15             2.28           13.30 477% -83% -1%
Mattson Technology Fremont             2.31             0.42             8.56 450% -95% -73%
Fair Isaac San Jose           55.14           10.09           32.15 446% -69% 72%
eBay Inc San Jose           55.46           10.43           33.19 432% -69% 67%
Fairchild Semiconductor San Jose           15.27             2.89           14.43 428% -80% 6%
Electronics for Imaging Fremont           42.50             8.20           22.48 418% -64% 89%
Flextronics San Jose           10.00             1.94           12.06 415% -84% -17%
TIBCO Software Palo Alto           23.70             4.66             8.00 409% -42% 196%
Brocade Communication Syst San Jose           10.82             2.16             7.34 401% -71% 47%
KLA-Tencor Milpitas           76.54           15.63           48.16 390% -68% 59%
Callidus Software Pleasanton           11.88             2.43             5.17 389% -53% 130%
Equinix Redwood City         206.40           42.95         101.07 381% -58% 104%
Trimble Navigation Sunnyvale           29.83             6.22           12.68 380% -51% 135%
VMware Palo Alto           93.34           19.89           84.99 369% -77% 10%
Autodesk San Rafael           55.66           12.02           49.76 363% -76% 12%
Cadence Design Systems San Jose           16.95             3.70           17.01 358% -78% 0%
SYNNEX Fremont           63.14           13.87           19.60 355% -29% 222%
Cavium San Jose           48.16           10.59           23.02 355% -54% 109%
Agilent Technologies Santa Clara           56.20           12.65           34.85 344% -64% 61%
LSI Corp San Jose           11.14             2.64             9.00 322% -71% 24%
Move Inc San Jose           20.92             5.04             9.80 315% -49% 113%
Coherent Santa Clara           59.95           14.74           31.57 307% -53% 90%
Affymetrix Santa Clara             7.50             1.89           23.14 297% -92% -68%
OmniVision Technologies Santa Clara           26.25             6.65           15.65 295% -58% 68%
Adobe Systems San Jose           67.54           17.16           42.73 294% -60% 58%
Extreme Networks San Jose             4.77             1.23             3.54 288% -65% 35%
QuickLogic Sunnyvale             2.89             0.75             3.30 285% -77% -12%
Lam Research Fremont           72.66           19.29           43.23 277% -55% 68%
Google Mountain View         579.63         154.44         346.09 275% -55% 67%
Riverbed Technology San Francisco           18.62             4.97           13.37 275% -63% 39%
Omnicell Mountain View           27.20             7.31           26.93 272% -73% 1%
Intuit Mountain View           85.72           23.23           31.61 269% -27% 171%
Integrated Device Technology San Jose           15.34             4.21           11.31 264% -63% 36%
Synaptics San Jose           74.65           21.84           27.44 242% -20% 172%
Monolithic Power Systems San Jose           43.48           12.91           11.11 237% 16% 291%
Check Point Software Redwood City           67.94           21.04           21.10 223% 0% 222%
NetApp Sunnyvale           41.33           12.90           24.96 220% -48% 66%
Immersion Corp San Jose             8.16             2.62           12.95 211% -80% -37%
Netgear San Jose           31.28           10.11           35.67 209% -72% -12%
Yahoo! Sunnyvale           40.32           13.05           23.26 209% -44% 73%
Power Integrations San Jose           53.13           18.40           34.43 189% -47% 54%
Informatica Redwood City           33.16           11.64           18.02 185% -35% 84%
Quantum San Jose             1.13             0.41             2.69 176% -85% -58%
Intel Santa Clara           33.99           12.41           26.66 174% -53% 27%
PLX Technology Sunnyvale             6.50             2.39             9.30 172% -74% -30%
Oplink Communications Fremont           16.70             6.24           15.35 168% -59% 9%
Oracle Redwood City           38.09           14.47           22.58 163% -36% 69%
Silicon Graphics Fremont             9.06             3.51           10.00 158% -65% -9%
Maxim Integrated Products San Jose           29.64           11.49           26.48 158% -57% 12%
Atmel Corp San Jose             7.97             3.11             4.32 156% -28% 84%
CEVA Inc Mountain View           13.25             5.23           12.21 153% -57% 9%
Tessera Technologies San Jose           26.15           10.70           41.60 144% -74% -37%
Applied Materials Santa Clara           20.96             8.70           17.76 141% -51% 18%
Advent Software San Francisco           31.22           13.04           27.05 140% -52% 15%
Silicon Image Sunnyvale             5.03             2.11             4.52 138% -53% 11%
GSI Technology Sunnyvale             5.28             2.25             2.55 135% -12% 107%
Xilinx San Jose           41.81           17.82           21.87 135% -19% 91%
Electronic Arts Redwood City           35.14           15.31           58.41 130% -74% -40%
Synopsys Mountain View           39.52           17.53           25.93 125% -32% 52%
Altera San Jose           35.08           15.77           19.68 122% -20% 78%
Ultratech San Jose           22.25           10.03           11.34 122% -12% 96%
NVIDIA Santa Clara           18.27             8.39           24.67 118% -66% -26%
DSP Group San Jose             8.94             4.42           12.20 102% -64% -27%
Linear Technology Milpitas           43.11           21.60           30.32 100% -29% 42%
Applied Micro Circuits Sunnyvale             6.90             3.47             8.74 99% -60% -21%
Micrel San Jose           12.02             6.49             8.45 85% -23% 42%
Polycom San Jose           12.34             6.76           13.89 83% -51% -11%
Symantec Mountain View           23.05           12.93           16.14 78% -20% 43%
Supertex Sunnyvale           32.98           18.67           31.29 77% -40% 5%
Cisco Systems San Jose           25.03           14.18           27.07 77% -48% -8%
Infinera Corp Sunnyvale           10.41             5.95           14.84 75% -60% -30%
MoSys Santa Clara             2.35             1.36             4.85 73% -72% -52%
Juniper Networks Sunnyvale           21.68           12.67           33.20 71% -62% -35%
Pericom Semiconductor Milpitas             9.86             5.86           18.70 68% -69% -47%
Marvell Technology Santa Clara           13.37             8.06           13.98 66% -42% -4%
Procera Networks Fremont             9.03             5.50           14.00 64% -61% -36%
Intevac Santa Clara             6.40             3.97           14.54 61% -73% -56%
Exar Corp Fremont             8.63             5.36             7.97 61% -33% 8%
IXYS Corp Milpitas           10.38             6.52             8.02 59% -19% 29%
Advanced Micro Devices Sunnyvale             3.35             2.14             7.50 57% -71% -55%
ShoreTel Sunnyvale             6.49             4.15           13.97 56% -70% -54%
Rambus Sunnyvale           11.93             7.84           20.94 52% -63% -43%
Dolby Laboratories San Francisco           41.05           29.13           49.72 41% -41% -17%
SunPower Corp San Jose           32.58           23.39           37.17 39% -37% -12%
Intersil Milpitas           13.68             9.99           24.48 37% -59% -44%
Harmonic San Jose             6.21             4.59           10.48 35% -56% -41%
PMC-Sierra Sunnyvale             7.14             5.35             6.54 33% -18% 9%
Rovi Corp Santa Clara           19.81           15.13           18.33 31% -17% 8%
Actuate San Mateo             3.95             3.03             7.77 30% -61% -49%
Hewlett-Packard Palo Alto           34.55           26.98           50.48 28% -47% -32%
Support.com Redwood City             2.06             1.78             4.45 16% -60% -54%
Oclaro San Jose             1.39             1.46           11.90 -4% -88% -88%
Aviat Networks Santa Clara             1.73             3.45           16.70 -50% -79% -90%
Sigma Designs Milpitas             4.19           15.10           55.20 -72% -73% -92%








Average % Change all 117 Technology



349% -56% 74%






…..Health Care





Jazz Pharmaceuticals Palo Alto         155.30             0.62           14.70 24948% -96% 956%
Pharmacyclics Sunnyvale         115.80             0.86             1.45 13367% -41% 7886%
Medivation San Francisco         100.35             7.64             7.20 1213% 6% 1294%
The Cooper Companies Pleasanton         155.04           18.33           38.00 746% -52% 308%
Align Technology San Jose           50.07             6.41           16.68 681% -62% 200%
DepoMed Newark           15.16             2.12             3.26 615% -35% 365%
BioMarin Pharmaceutical San Rafael           70.41           10.22           35.40 589% -71% 99%
SciClone Pharmaceuticals Foster City             6.89             1.08             2.06 538% -48% 234%
BioTime Alameda             2.95             0.48             0.48 515% 0% 515%
Intermune Brisbane           73.89           13.63           13.33 442% 2% 454%
Cerus Concord             3.81             0.71             6.51 437% -89% -41%
McKesson San Francisco         192.57           39.38           65.51 389% -40% 194%
Intuitive Surgical Sunnyvale         462.80           95.89         323.00 383% -70% 43%
Gilead Sciences Foster City         105.59           22.01           23.01 380% -4% 359%
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals South San Francisco             6.62             1.50           11.94 341% -87% -45%
Natus Medical San Carlos           28.52             6.69           19.35 326% -65% 47%
Sangamo Biosciences Richmond           10.85             2.99           13.02 263% -77% -17%
Threshold Pharmaceuticals South San Francisco             3.45             1.08             3.18 219% -66% 8%
Abaxis Union City           51.35           16.14           35.86 218% -55% 43%
Varian Medical Systems Palo Alto           79.98           27.73           52.16 188% -47% 53%
Nektar Therapeutics San Francisco           12.07             4.21             6.71 187% -37% 80%
Corcept Therapeutics Menlo Park             2.62             1.00             3.09 162% -68% -15%
Dynavax Technologies Berkeley             1.42             0.55             5.11 159% -89% -72%
Bio-Rad Laboratories Hercules         114.26           54.97         103.62 108% -47% 10%
Accuray Sunnyvale             7.24             4.09           15.22 77% -73% -52%
Cutera Brisbane           10.05             5.75           15.70 75% -63% -36%
Genomic Health Redwood City           28.54           19.57           22.64 46% -14% 26%
Theravance South San Francisco           16.19           12.15           19.50 33% -38% -17%
Thoratec Pleasanton           26.50           20.97           18.19 26% 15% 46%
VIVUS Mountain View             3.75             3.10             5.18 21% -40% -28%
DURECT Cupertino             1.41             1.54             6.43 -8% -76% -78%
Geron Menlo Park             1.91             3.87             5.68 -51% -32% -66%
XOMA Berkeley             4.10             8.55           50.85 -52% -83% -92%
Rigel Pharmaceuticals South San Francisco             2.00             4.40           25.39 -55% -83% -92%
Hansen Medical Mountain View             1.17             3.04           29.94 -62% -90% -96%
Exelixis South San Francisco             1.51             4.34             8.63 -65% -50% -83%
Xenoport Santa Clara             5.25           18.09           55.88 -71% -68% -91%
Cytokinetics South San Francisco             3.45           12.36           28.38 -72% -56% -88%








Average % Change all 38 Health Care



1244% -52% 321%







…..Finance





KKR Financial Holdings San Francisco           11.54             0.48           14.05 2304% -97% -18%
SVB Financial Group Santa Clara         109.64           12.06           50.40 809% -76% 118%
Wells Fargo San Francisco           51.26             8.61           30.19 495% -71% 70%
Bridge Capital Holdings San Jose           21.99             4.34           21.48 407% -80% 2%
Franklin Resources San Mateo           54.17           12.89           38.14 320% -66% 42%
Visa San Francisco         210.01           50.19           56.50 318% -11% 272%
Hercules Technology Growth Capital Palo Alto           14.47             3.62           12.42 300% -71% 17%
Prologis San Francisco           37.56             9.72           57.56 286% -83% -35%
FNB Bancorp South San Francisco           27.80             8.19           17.04 240% -52% 63%
BRE Properties San Francisco           61.00           18.28           40.53 234% -55% 51%
Essex Property Trust Palo Alto         179.25           55.19           97.49 225% -43% 84%
Bank of Marin Bancorp Novato           45.91           17.80           29.25 158% -39% 57%
Charles Schwab San Francisco           28.79           11.36           25.55 153% -56% 13%
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Beverly Hills           23.57             9.44             9.10 150% 4% 159%
Digital Realty Trust San Francisco           62.89           26.33           38.37 139% -31% 64%
Exchange Bank Santa Rosa           85.01           40.00         112.00 113% -64% -24%
Heritage Commerce San Jose             8.26             3.92           18.39 111% -79% -55%
eHealth Mountain View           24.19           13.32           32.11 82% -59% -25%
JMP Group San Francisco             6.22             4.15             8.48 50% -51% -27%
Westamerica San Rafael           46.09           34.36           44.55 34% -23% 3%
Redwood Trust Mill Valley           16.54           12.45           34.24 33% -64% -52%








Average % Change all 21 Financial



331% -56% 37%







…..Services





Williams-Sonoma San Francisco           65.55             7.60           25.90 763% -71% 153%
CAI Intl San Francisco           18.87             2.63           10.52 617% -75% 79%
Jamba Inc Emeryville           13.81             2.00           18.50 591% 0% -25%
Shutterfly Inc Redwood City           48.05             7.72           25.62 522% -70% 88%
Core-Mark Holding South San Francisco           51.69             8.45           14.36 512% -41% 260%
Ross Stores Pleasanton           74.99           14.73           12.79 409% 15% 487%
The Gap San Francisco           41.51             9.85           21.28 321% -54% 95%
Robert Half Intl Menlo Park           48.22           14.41           27.04 235% -47% 78%
Exponent Menlo Park           70.22           24.33           27.04 189% -10% 160%
ARC Document Solutions Walnut Creek             8.21             2.86           16.48 187% -83% -50%
Safeway Pleasanton           34.18           17.53           34.21 95% -49% 0%
TiVo Inc Alviso           12.58             6.50             8.34 94% -22% 51%
URS Corp San Francisco           56.90           33.82           54.33 68% -38% 5%
Bebe Stores Brisbane             2.27             4.82           12.86 -53% -63% -82%








Average % Change all 14 Services



325% -43% 93%







…..Other Sectors





LeapFrog Enterprises Emeryville             6.06             1.26             6.73 381% -81% -10%
Adept Technology Pleasanton             7.94             1.89             7.95 320% -76% 0%
Landec Menlo Park           11.91             4.45           13.40 168% -67% -11%
Simpson Manufacturing Pleasanton           29.20           13.92           26.59 110% -48% 10%
Clorox Oakland           95.46           46.78           65.17 104% -28% 46%
Chevron San Ramon         117.65           58.27           93.33 102% -38% 26%
Diamond Foods San Francisco           29.01           21.11           21.43 37% -1% 35%
Central Garden & Pet Walnut Creek             7.70             6.30             5.76 22% 9% 34%








Average % Change all 8 Services



156% -41% 16%







Average % Change all 198 San Fran Bay & Silicon Valley Calif Areas

509% -54% 116%








#10 Illinois Company






General Growth Properties Chicago           23.49             0.33           41.18 7018% -99% -43%
Tenneco Lake Forest           52.16             0.86           26.07 5965% -97% 100%
KapStone Paper & Packaging Northbrook           27.36             0.75             3.50 3548% -79% 682%
Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrances Bolingbrook         115.83             4.40           17.15 2533% -74% 575%
Manitex Intl Bridgeview           11.19             0.46             6.07 2333% -92% 84%
Akorn Lake Forest           34.88             1.53             7.34 2180% -79% 375%
Century Aluminum Chicago           24.23             1.10           53.94 2103% -98% -55%
Brunswick Lake Forest           41.02             2.18           17.05 1782% -87% 141%
Coleman Cable Waukegan           26.25             1.44             9.45 1723% -85% 178%
Sparton Corp Schaumburg           23.75             1.50             4.94 1483% -70% 381%
Strategic Hotels & Resorts Chicago           11.39             0.77           16.73 1379% -95% -32%
Discover Financial Services Riverwoods           63.53             4.95           15.08 1183% -67% 321%
Material Sciences Corp Elk Grove Village           12.74             1.00             7.43 1174% -87% 71%
United Continental Chicago           45.47             3.94           35.66 1054% -89% 28%
Middleby Elgin           86.36             7.99           25.54 981% -69% 238%
Methode Electronics Chicago           36.05             3.37           16.44 970% -80% 119%
Hillshire Brands Chicago           62.96             7.08           16.06 789% -56% 292%
Littelfuse Chicago           83.27             9.54           32.96 773% -71% 153%
Catamaran Lisle           41.87             5.01             3.63 737% 38% 1055%
Jones Lang LaSalle Chicago         125.60           16.99           71.16 639% -76% 77%
Westell Technologies Aurora             1.70             0.23             1.44 633% -84% 18%
First Industrial Realty Trust Chicago           17.06             2.51           34.60 580% -93% -51%
Taylor Capital Group Rosemont           21.05             3.10           20.40 579% -85% 3%
Packaging Corp America Lake Forest           62.92             9.92           28.20 534% -65% 123%
USG Corp Chicago           27.15             4.29           35.79 533% -88% -24%
ACCO Brands Lake Zurich             6.78             1.10           16.04 516% -93% -58%
John B Sanfilippo Elgin           31.67             5.58             8.42 468% -34% 276%
CNA Financial Chicago           37.45             6.98           33.72 437% -79% 11%
Motorola Solutions Schaumburg           62.34           12.70           16.04 391% -21% 289%
VASCO Data Security Oakbrook Terrace           18.41             4.09           27.92 350% -85% -34%
CF Industries Deerfield         269.25           60.59         110.06 344% -45% 145%
Wintrust Financial Rosemont           44.61           10.05           33.13 344% -70% 35%
Beam Suntory Inc Deerfield           83.47           19.07           72.36 338% -74% 15%
Horace Mann Educators Corp Springfield           28.25             6.46           18.94 337% -66% 49%
LKQ Corp Chicago           26.63             6.10           10.51 337% -42% 153%
Caterpillar Peoria           97.61           23.23           72.56 320% -68% 35%
Allstate Northbrook           60.81           14.55           52.23 318% -72% 16%
Boeing Chicago         124.67           30.10           87.46 314% -66% 43%
Zebra Technologies Lincolnshire           68.21           16.69           34.70 309% -52% 97%
WW Grainger Lake Forest         250.63           61.45           87.52 308% -30% 186%
IDEX Corp Lake Forest           71.02           17.53           36.13 305% -51% 97%
Ingredion Inc Westchester           74.38           18.46           36.75 303% -50% 102%
Kemper Corp Chicago           33.56             8.34           47.99 302% -83% -30%
United Stationers Deerfield           36.80             9.25           23.11 298% -60% 59%
AMCOL Intl Hoffman Estates           45.74           11.59           36.03 295% -68% 27%
GATX Chicago           57.92           14.70           36.68 294% -60% 58%
Calamos Asset Management Naperville           11.49             3.05           29.78 277% -90% -61%
Equity Residential Chicago           62.03           17.09           36.47 263% -53% 70%
Orbitz Worldwide Chicago             7.83             2.17             8.50 261% -74% -8%
Dover Downers Grove           79.44           22.32           46.09 256% -52% 72%
Titan Intl Quincy           11.50             3.33           25.01 245% -87% -54%
Stepan Company Northfield           43.63           12.90           16.27 238% -21% 168%
Anixter Intl Glenview           84.19           25.90           62.27 225% -58% 35%
Deere Moline           81.55           25.51           93.12 220% -73% -12%
John Bean Technologies Chicago           28.20             8.85           14.00 219% -37% 101%
Federal Signal Oak Brook           12.71             3.99           11.22 219% -64% 13%
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Oak Brook             6.05             1.92             8.72 215% -78% -31%
Richardson Electronics Lafox             9.89             3.17             7.01 212% -55% 41%
Illinois Tool Works Glenview           83.11           26.80           53.54 210% -50% 55%
Ventas Chicago           62.48           20.41           45.25 206% -55% 38%
PrivateBancorp Chicago           29.08             9.57           32.65 204% -71% -11%
Treehouse Foods Oak Brook           80.49           26.56           22.99 203% 16% 250%
InnerWorkings Chicago             7.87             2.62           17.26 200% -85% -54%
Schawk Des Plaines           20.80             6.94           15.52 200% -55% 34%
Consolidated Communications Mattoon           24.72             8.38           19.90 195% -58% 24%
Arthur J Gallagher Itasca           44.82           15.68           24.19 186% -35% 85%
Accenture Chicago           79.72           28.00           36.03 185% -22% 121%
Equity LifeStyle Properties Chicago           42.76           15.29           22.84 180% -33% 87%
RR Donnelley & Sons Chicago           16.31             5.87           37.74 178% -84% -57%
MB Financial Chicago           27.40           10.17           30.83 169% -67% -11%
Walgreen Co Deerfield           59.04           22.09           38.08 167% -42% 55%
First Midwest Bancorp Itasca           15.92             6.28           30.60 154% -79% -48%
Hub Group Downers Grove           39.85           15.87           26.58 151% -40% 50%
Stericycle Lake Forest         116.37           47.74           59.40 144% -20% 96%
Mondelez Deerfield           33.75           14.15           21.35 139% -34% 58%
Hospira Lake Forest           51.78           22.21           42.64 133% -48% 21%
Morningstar Chicago           67.10           28.79           77.75 133% -63% -14%
Aptar Group Crystal Lake           59.26           25.55           40.91 132% -38% 45%
FreightCar America Chicago           31.90           14.52           35.00 120% -59% -9%
Cabot Microelectronics Aurora           41.63           19.06           35.91 118% -47% 16%
AAR Corp Wood Dale           23.92           10.99           38.03 118% -71% -37%
CME Group Chicago           79.40           36.49         137.20 118% -73% -42%
Lifeway Foods Morton Grove           13.76             6.82           11.83 102% -42% 16%
RLI Corp Peoria           42.98           21.88           28.40 96% -23% 51%
Archer Daniels Midland Decatur           50.40           25.96           46.43 94% -44% 9%
Oil-Dri Corp America Chicago           24.60           13.11           21.94 88% -40% 12%
Old Republic Intl Chicago           14.22             7.66           15.41 86% -50% -8%
Abbott Laboratories Abbott Park           41.18           22.44           26.87 84% -16% 53%
McDonald's Oak Brook           94.19           52.12           58.91 81% -12% 60%
PCTEL Bloomingdale             7.47             4.31             6.86 73% -37% 9%
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Chicago           13.48             7.93           19.42 70% -59% -31%
Merge Healthcare Chicago             2.21             1.31             1.19 69% 10% 86%
Heritage-Crystal Clean Elgin           14.56             8.84           14.19 65% -38% 3%
Inland Real Estate Oak Brook             9.96             6.12           14.16 63% -57% -30%
Tootsie Rolls Industries Chicago           27.98           17.33           22.96 61% -25% 22%
Lawson Products Chicago           22.15           14.25           37.92 55% -62% -42%
Huron Consulting Group Chicago           60.50           40.75           80.63 48% -49% -25%
Heidrick & Struggles Intl Chicago           20.23           14.00           37.11 45% -62% -45%
Northern Trust Chicago           67.26           47.38           76.58 42% -38% -12%
AM Castle Oak Brook             8.28             5.89           27.19 41% -78% -70%
Baxter Intl Deerfield           71.51           51.92           58.05 38% -11% 23%
BankFinancial Corp Burr Ridge           10.31             7.54           15.82 37% -52% -35%
Navigant Consulting Chicago           13.54           11.07           13.67 22% -19% -1%
Terra Nitrogen Co. LP Deerfield         143.53         118.97         149.53 21% -20% -4%
United States Cellular Chicago           34.12           30.34           84.10 12% -64% -59%
Rubicon Technology Bensenville             4.25             3.93           23.75 8% -83% -82%
First Mid-Illinois Bancshares Mattoon           21.00           19.90           26.05 6% -24% -19%
Telephone & Data Systems Chicago           23.43           23.08           57.59 2% -60% -59%
DeVry Education Group Downers Group           43.54           44.19           51.96 -1% -15% -16%
First Busey Champaign             5.55             6.15           19.86 -10% -69% -72%
Coeur Mining Inc Chicago             5.06             6.30           49.40 -20% -87% -90%
Sears Holdings Hoffman Estates           25.18           33.01           94.81 -24% -65% -73%
Landauer Glenwood           33.08           50.65           51.85 -35% -2% -36%
Inteliquent Chicago           12.30           18.99           19.02 -35% 0% -35%
Career Education Schaumburg             5.11           20.80           25.14 -75% -17% -80%








Average % Change all 115 Illinois



508% -56% 60%








#11 Washington DC Company






Federal Agricultural Mortgage Washington           31.76             2.48           26.32 1181% -91% 21%
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Washington           10.16             0.80             6.88 1166% -88% 48%
The Advisory Board Company Washington           45.51             7.12           32.10 539% -78% 42%
CoStar Group Washington         152.53           25.32           47.25 502% -46% 223%
Cogent Communications Group Washington           32.89             6.04           23.71 445% -75% 39%
DuPont Fabros Technology Washington           27.31             5.34           19.60 411% -73% 39%
Fannie Mae Washington             1.70             0.36           39.98 372% -99% -96%
Danaher Washington           74.58           24.66           43.87 202% -44% 70%
Graham Holdings Washington         695.19         322.50         791.43 116% -59% -12%
Liquidity Services Washington           12.78             6.02           12.90 112% -53% -1%








Average % Change all 10 Washington DC


505% -71% 37%








#12 Maryland Company






American Capital Bethesda           14.02             0.44           24.66 3103% -98% -43%
Sinclair Broadcast Group Hunt Valley           25.79             1.13             8.21 2182% -86% 214%
Under Armour Baltimore           66.37             3.08           10.92 2053% -72% 508%
WR Grace Columbia           88.89             4.18           26.18 2027% -84% 240%
CapitalSource Chevy Chase           15.50             1.01           17.59 1435% -94% -12%
GP Strategies Elkridge           28.58             2.74           10.65 943% -74% 168%
Colfax Fulton           55.98             6.01           21.00 831% -71% 167%
LaSalle Hotel Properties Bethesda           33.90             3.91           31.90 767% -88% 6%
Novavax Rockville             4.12             0.56             3.33 636% -83% 24%
Medifast Owing Mills           31.78             4.52             4.85 603% -7% 555%
TESSCO Technologies Hunt Valley           28.10             4.03           12.05 597% -67% 133%
Radio One Inc Silver Spring             2.75             0.41             2.37 571% -83% 16%
Chindex Intl Bethesda           23.99             3.64           23.02 559% -84% 4%
Eagle Bancorp Bethesda           32.19             4.91           10.00 556% -51% 222%
Host Hotels & Resorts Bethesda           21.02             3.54           17.04 494% -79% 23%
Marriott Intl Bethesda           67.94           11.90           32.21 471% -63% 111%
Jos A Bank Clothiers Hampstead           64.98           13.51           18.97 381% -29% 243%
Legg Mason Baltimore           50.52           11.14           73.15 354% -85% -31%
MICROS Systems Columbia           67.99           15.03           35.08 352% -57% 94%
Diamondrock Hospitality Bethesda           12.52             3.00           14.98 317% -80% -16%
United Therapeutics Silver Spring         130.44           31.48           48.83 314% -36% 167%
Nuvilex Silver Spring             0.18             0.05             0.22 297% -79% -17%
T Rowe Price Group Baltimore           77.08           21.07           60.88 266% -65% 27%
Neuralstem Rockville             3.12             0.86             3.73 263% -77% -16%
Old Line Bancshares Bowie           15.69             4.60             8.05 241% -43% 95%
Sandy Spring Bancorp Olney           22.89             7.16           27.82 220% -74% -18%
Lockheed Martin Bethesda         177.89           58.85         105.26 202% -44% 69%
Federal Realty Investment Trust Rockville         118.71           39.90           82.15 198% -51% 45%
Omega Healthcare Investors Hunt Valley           34.43           11.89           16.05 190% -26% 115%
Ciena Corp Hanover           16.72             6.11           34.11 174% -82% -51%
Argan Rockville           32.30           12.01           13.35 169% -10% 142%
Saul Centers Bethesda           46.83           20.44           53.43 129% -62% -12%
Choice Hotels Intl Rockville           51.20           23.49           33.20 118% -29% 54%
McCormick & Co Sparks           65.61           30.32           37.91 116% -20% 73%
First Potomac Realty Trust Bethesda           11.69             6.46           17.29 81% -63% -32%
Washington REIT Rockville           25.66           15.60           31.41 64% -50% -18%
Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Rockville             0.80             0.51             2.25 57% -77% -64%
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Bethesda             6.36             4.38           18.34 45% -76% -65%
Vocus Beltsville           17.98           13.17           34.53 37% -62% -48%
Corporate Office Properties Trust Columbia           25.71           21.72           31.50 18% -31% -18%
Emergent BioSolutions Rockville           20.73           19.91             5.06 4% 293% 310%
Synutra Intl Rockville             4.35             5.32           30.20 -18% -82% -86%
Shore Bancshares Easton             9.04           11.86           21.95 -24% -46% -59%
Osiris Therapeutics Columbia           12.35           18.01           12.02 -31% 50% 3%
TeleCommunication Systems Annapolis             2.81             8.04             3.56 -65% 126% -21%








Average % Change all 45 Maryland



495% -48% 71%








#13 Minnesota Company






Select Comfort Minneapolis           20.18             0.20             7.01 9985% -97% 188%
Polaris Industries Medina         144.89             7.59           23.89 1810% -68% 507%
Stratasys Ltd Eden Prairie         116.26             8.18           25.84 1321% -68% 350%
ValueVision Media Eden Prairie             4.97             0.35             6.29 1320% -94% -21%
Arctic Cat Plymouth           33.01             2.43           11.94 1258% -80% 176%
Famous Dave's of America Minnetonka           26.79             2.00           13.56 1240% -85% 98%
Clearfield Plymouth           12.65             1.12             1.01 1029% 11% 1152%
Deluxe Corp Shoreview           54.85             6.47           32.89 748% -80% 67%
Ameriprise Financial Minneapolis         119.65           14.20           55.11 743% -74% 117%
Winmark Minneapolis           72.41             9.02           21.00 703% -57% 245%
Tennant Co Minneapolis           65.09             8.23           44.29 691% -81% 47%
Life Time Fitness Chanhassen           49.33             7.50           49.68 558% -85% -1%
Northern Oil and Gas Wayzata           13.82             2.22             6.95 523% -68% 99%
Toro Bloomington           58.73           10.57 27.22 456% -61% 116%
Graco Minneapolis           71.30           14.48           37.26 392% -61% 91%
Valspar Minneapolis           76.85           15.76           22.54 388% -30% 241%
UnitedHealth Group Minnetonka           84.88           17.90           58.20 374% -69% 46%
US Bancorp Minneapolis           41.26             8.82           31.74 368% -72% 30%
Vascular Solutions Minneapolis           24.75             5.40             6.50 358% -17% 281%
BioScrip Minnetonka             6.77             1.48             7.73 357% -81% -12%
Apogee Enterprises Minneapolis           39.08             8.89           17.11 340% -48% 128%
Buffalo Wild Wings Minneapolis         131.93           30.05           23.22 339% 29% 468%
Datalink Eden Prairie           10.51             2.61             3.69 303% -29% 185%
HB Fuller St Paul           39.33           10.29           22.45 282% -54% 75%
Ecolab St Paul         112.70           29.90           51.21 277% -42% 120%
Pentair plc Minneapolis           64.61           17.95           34.81 260% -48% 86%
Donaldson Co Minneapolis           40.05           11.31           23.19 254% -51% 73%
Enventis Mankato           17.95             5.10             9.32 252% -45% 93%
G&K Services Inc Minnetonka           53.91           15.77           37.52 242% -58% 44%
Fastenal Winona           44.52           13.19           20.21 238% -35% 120%
Hormel Foods Austin           51.06           15.18           20.24 236% -25% 152%
3M St Paul         139.18           41.83           84.32 233% -50% 65%
MTS Systems Eden Prairie           67.97           21.67           38.62 214% -44% 76%
Cardiovascular Systems St Paul           24.40             8.51           31.00 187% -73% -21%
Hawkins Inc Roseville           34.92           12.95           15.00 170% -14% 133%
Christopher & Banks Plymouth             9.42             3.51           11.45 168% -69% -18%
Piper Jaffray Minneapolis           50.65           19.30           46.32 162% -58% 9%
Medtronic Minneapolis           62.47           24.92           50.27 151% -50% 24%
Patterson St Paul           41.21           16.55           33.95 149% -51% 21%
Target Minneapolis           62.07           25.65           50.00 142% -49% 24%
NVE Corp Eden Prairie           64.04           28.98           24.60 121% 18% 160%
Lakes Entertainment Minnetonka             8.18             3.80           13.24 115% -71% -38%
Techne Minneapolis           92.82           46.98           66.05 98% -29% 41%
General Mills Minneapolis           49.98           25.48           28.50 96% -11% 75%
St Jude Medical Saint Paul           60.38           32.37           40.64 87% -20% 49%
CH Robinson Worldwide Eden Prairie           65.19           38.06           54.12 71% -30% 20%
TCF Financial Wayzata           15.34             9.00           17.93 70% -50% -14%
OneBeacon Group Ltd Minnetonka           15.19             9.00           21.50 69% -58% -29%
Polymet Mining Hoyt Lakes             1.08             0.65             3.24 66% -80% -67%
Regis Corp Minneapolis           15.72           11.20           27.96 40% -60% -44%
Best Buy Richfield           32.62           24.71           52.65 32% -53% -38%
Capella Education Minneapolis           61.68           46.74           65.46 32% -29% -6%
Two Harbors Investment Minnetonka             9.83             8.77             8.38 12% 5% 17%
SurModics Eden Prairie           18.84           16.87           54.27 12% -69% -65%
Mosaic Plymouth           43.23           39.16           94.34 10% -58% -54%
Digi International Minnetonka             7.42             6.78           14.19 9% -52% -48%
Qumu Corp Minneapolis           12.70           12.11           25.95 5% -53% -51%
SUPERVALU Eden Prairie             8.64           14.36           37.52 -40% -62% -77%
ANI Pharmaceutics Baudette           27.14           46.44           136.08 -42% -66% -80%
Digital River Minnetonka           14.56           25.53           33.07 -43% -23% -56%
Imation Oakdale             2.95             7.08           21.00 -58% -66% -86%








Average % Change all 61 Minnesota



492% -51% 87%








#14 Alaska Company





Alaska Air Group Seattle           42.74             3.77             6.25 1034% -40% 584%
Northrim Bancorp Anchorage           25.73             6.90           21.32 273% -68% 21%
General Communication Anchorage           10.78             4.11             8.75 162% -53% 23%








Average % Change all 3 Alaska



490% -53% 209%








#15 Nebraska Company






Berkshire Hathaway Omaha         204,855        73,195           141,600            180% -48% 45%
Valmont Industries Omaha         135.02           42.70           89.12 216% -52% 52%
Lindsay Corp Omaha           74.35           22.35           70.69 233% -68% 5%
Union Pacific Omaha         105.80           17.49           31.41 505% -44% 237%
ConAgra Foods Omaha           33.08           14.71           23.79 125% -38% 39%
The Buckle Kearney           45.26           22.94           22.00 97% 4% 106%
TD Ameritrade Omaha           33.00           10.70           20.06 208% -47% 65%
Werner Enterprises Omaha           24.57           12.96           17.03 90% -24% 44%
Cabela's Inc Sidney           57.84             8.05           15.07 619% -47% 284%
Green Plains Renewable Energy Omaha           35.30             1.32           13.29 2574% -90% 166%
Nelnet Lincoln           42.66             4.75           12.71 798% -63% 236%
National Research Corp Lincoln           37.05             6.17             7.71 501% -20% 380%
America First Multifamily Investors LP Omaha             5.92             5.03             6.44 18% -22% -8%








Average % Change all 13 Nebraska



474% -43% 127%

Altogether, 4 of the above 9 US States have both of their US Senators being Democrats.  And Washington DC is overwhelming Democratic in all respects.  And 4 of the above 9 US States have one Republican and one Democratic Senator.  There is only one of the 10.....Nebraska.....which has 2 Republican Senators..... but then it also blessed with having investment guru Warren Buffett.

It's pretty clear to me that the US stock market in the next two years has a much better chance of being much higher under a US Senate controlled by the Democrats than one controlled by the Republicans.  Profits of US Businesses and a rising US Stock Market have resulted from and will continue to result from a highly effective Trifecta of President Obama, a Democratic Majority US Senate and Janet Yellen heading the US Fed.....you need all three of these or else the three-legged stool drops precipitously.  Smart New York money is keenly aware of this.  And so are the many intellectually gifted in California's Silicon Valley.









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