During this five years and eight months period of time from March 6, 2009 through October 24, 2014, Dick Durbin was an Illinois US Senator and Pat Quinn was Illinois Governor.
I found 106 Illinois Headquartered Companies in Yahoo's or Google's superb Finance websites or from SEC filings with current Total Stock Market Capitalizations of more than $100 mil each 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 the most recent date October 24, 2014.
I also included 7 Illinois Companies which were sold in 2014 and 2 Illinois Companies whose common stock first started trading in 2008. That makes a total of 115 Illinois Companies shown below.
The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 115 Illinois Companies had their average equal-company-weighted stock market prices decline by a massive 55% 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 eight months since March 6, 2009 through October 24, 2014, the average stock market prices of these same 115 Illinois Companies have increased by a spectacular 528%. This 528% increase is a huge step up in percentage increase from that of just a week ago, where the average increase was a much lower 501% from March 6, 2009 to October 17, 2014.
Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 115 Illinois Companies, overwhelmingly Chicago Metro Area Companies, on October 24, 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 | |||
| Illinois Company | HQs | 10-24-14 | 3-6-09 | 10-24-14 | 8-18-14 | 3-6-09 | 10-24-14 | |
| $s | $s | $s | ||||||
| General Growth Properties | Chicago | IL | 24.65 | 0.33 | 41.18 | 7370% | -99% | -40% |
| Tenneco | Lake Forest | IL | 54.56 | 0.86 | 26.07 | 6244% | -97% | 109% |
| KapStone Paper & Packaging | Northbrook | IL | 28.30 | 0.75 | 3.50 | 3673% | -79% | 709% |
| Akorn | Lake Forest | IL | 44.38 | 1.53 | 7.34 | 2801% | -79% | 505% |
| Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrances | Bolingbrook | IL | 117.35 | 4.40 | 17.15 | 2567% | -74% | 584% |
| Century Aluminum | Chicago | IL | 28.10 | 1.10 | 53.94 | 2455% | -98% | -48% |
| Manitex Intl | Bridgeview | IL | 10.35 | 0.46 | 6.07 | 2150% | -92% | 71% |
| Brunswick | Lake Forest | IL | 45.00 | 2.18 | 17.05 | 1964% | -87% | 164% |
| Coleman Cable | Waukegan | IL | 26.25 | 1.44 | 9.45 | 1723% | -85% | 178% |
| Sparton Corp | Schaumburg | IL | 24.17 | 1.50 | 4.94 | 1511% | -70% | 389% |
| Strategic Hotels & Resorts | Chicago | IL | 12.36 | 0.77 | 16.73 | 1505% | -95% | -26% |
| Material Sciences Corp | Elk Grove Village | IL | 12.74 | 1.00 | 7.43 | 1174% | -87% | 71% |
| Discover Financial Services | Riverwoods | IL | 62.34 | 4.95 | 15.08 | 1159% | -67% | 313% |
| United Continental | Chicago | IL | 49.62 | 3.94 | 35.66 | 1159% | -89% | 39% |
| Methode Electronics | Chicago | IL | 37.22 | 3.37 | 16.44 | 1004% | -80% | 126% |
| Middleby | Elgin | IL | 85.01 | 7.99 | 25.54 | 964% | -69% | 233% |
| Littelfuse | Chicago | IL | 86.14 | 9.54 | 32.96 | 803% | -71% | 161% |
| Hillshire Brands | Chicago | IL | 62.96 | 7.08 | 16.06 | 789% | -56% | 292% |
| Catamaran | Lisle | IL | 42.80 | 5.01 | 3.63 | 755% | 38% | 1081% |
| Jones Lang LaSalle | Chicago | IL | 127.69 | 16.99 | 71.16 | 652% | -76% | 79% |
| First Industrial Realty Trust | Chicago | IL | 18.50 | 2.51 | 34.60 | 637% | -93% | -47% |
| Packaging Corp America | Lake Forest | IL | 69.68 | 9.92 | 28.20 | 602% | -65% | 147% |
| Taylor Capital Group | Rosemont | IL | 21.05 | 3.10 | 20.40 | 579% | -85% | 3% |
| ACCO Brands | Lake Zurich | IL | 7.20 | 1.10 | 16.04 | 555% | -93% | -55% |
| USG Corp | Chicago | IL | 26.91 | 4.29 | 35.79 | 527% | -88% | -25% |
| John B Sanfilippo | Elgin | IL | 33.19 | 5.58 | 8.42 | 495% | -34% | 294% |
| CNA Financial | Chicago | IL | 38.44 | 6.98 | 33.72 | 451% | -79% | 14% |
| Motorola Solutions | Schaumburg | IL | 62.57 | 12.70 | 16.04 | 393% | -21% | 290% |
| VASCO Data Security | Oakbrook Terrace | IL | 19.27 | 4.09 | 27.92 | 371% | -85% | -31% |
| Horace Mann Educators Corp | Springfield | IL | 28.84 | 6.46 | 18.94 | 346% | -66% | 52% |
| LKQ Corp | Chicago | IL | 27.23 | 6.10 | 10.51 | 346% | -42% | 159% |
| Wintrust Financial | Rosemont | IL | 44.04 | 10.05 | 33.13 | 338% | -70% | 33% |
| Beam Suntory Inc | Deerfield | IL | 83.47 | 19.07 | 72.36 | 338% | -74% | 15% |
| Allstate | Northbrook | IL | 62.57 | 14.55 | 52.23 | 330% | -72% | 20% |
| CF Industries | Deerfield | IL | 260.41 | 60.59 | 110.06 | 330% | -45% | 137% |
| Caterpillar | Peoria | IL | 99.44 | 23.23 | 72.56 | 328% | -68% | 37% |
| United Stationers | Deerfield | IL | 39.42 | 9.25 | 23.11 | 326% | -60% | 71% |
| GATX | Chicago | IL | 61.96 | 14.70 | 36.68 | 321% | -60% | 69% |
| Calamos Asset Management | Naperville | IL | 12.85 | 3.05 | 29.78 | 321% | -90% | -57% |
| Kemper Corp | Chicago | IL | 34.87 | 8.34 | 47.99 | 318% | -83% | -27% |
| IDEX Corp | Lake Forest | IL | 72.91 | 17.53 | 36.13 | 316% | -51% | 102% |
| Zebra Technologies | Lincolnshire | IL | 69.30 | 16.69 | 34.70 | 315% | -52% | 100% |
| Ingredion Inc | Westchester | IL | 75.97 | 18.46 | 36.75 | 312% | -50% | 107% |
| Boeing | Chicago | IL | 122.24 | 30.10 | 87.46 | 306% | -66% | 40% |
| Equity Residential | Chicago | IL | 67.74 | 17.09 | 36.47 | 296% | -53% | 86% |
| AMCOL Intl | Hoffman Estates | IL | 45.74 | 11.59 | 36.03 | 295% | -68% | 27% |
| WW Grainger | Lake Forest | IL | 237.78 | 61.45 | 87.52 | 287% | -30% | 172% |
| Orbitz Worldwide | Chicago | IL | 8.26 | 2.17 | 8.50 | 281% | -74% | -3% |
| Dover | Downers Grove | IL | 79.09 | 22.32 | 46.09 | 254% | -52% | 72% |
| Federal Signal | Oak Brook | IL | 13.52 | 3.99 | 11.22 | 239% | -64% | 20% |
| Great Lakes Dredge & Dock | Oak Brook | IL | 6.48 | 1.92 | 8.72 | 238% | -78% | -26% |
| Stepan Company | Northfield | IL | 43.47 | 12.90 | 16.27 | 237% | -21% | 167% |
| Deere | Moline | IL | 85.43 | 25.51 | 93.12 | 235% | -73% | -8% |
| Consolidated Communications | Mattoon | IL | 27.96 | 8.38 | 19.90 | 234% | -58% | 41% |
| InnerWorkings | Chicago | IL | 8.69 | 2.62 | 17.26 | 232% | -85% | -50% |
| Illinois Tool Works | Glenview | IL | 87.98 | 26.80 | 53.54 | 228% | -50% | 64% |
| Ventas | Chicago | IL | 66.97 | 20.41 | 45.25 | 228% | -55% | 48% |
| Anixter Intl | Glenview | IL | 83.39 | 25.90 | 62.27 | 222% | -58% | 34% |
| John Bean Technologies | Chicago | IL | 28.48 | 8.85 | 14.00 | 222% | -37% | 103% |
| Richardson Electronics | Lafox | IL | 10.02 | 3.17 | 7.01 | 216% | -55% | 43% |
| PrivateBancorp | Chicago | IL | 29.79 | 9.57 | 32.65 | 211% | -71% | -9% |
| Equity LifeStyle Properties | Chicago | IL | 47.18 | 15.29 | 22.84 | 209% | -33% | 107% |
| Treehouse Foods | Oak Brook | IL | 80.57 | 26.56 | 22.99 | 203% | 16% | 250% |
| Schawk | Des Plaines | IL | 20.80 | 6.94 | 15.52 | 200% | -55% | 34% |
| Titan Intl | Quincy | IL | 9.82 | 3.33 | 25.01 | 195% | -87% | -61% |
| Arthur J Gallagher | Itasca | IL | 45.80 | 15.68 | 24.19 | 192% | -35% | 89% |
| RR Donnelley & Sons | Chicago | IL | 16.73 | 5.87 | 37.74 | 185% | -84% | -56% |
| Walgreen Co | Deerfield | IL | 62.65 | 22.09 | 38.08 | 184% | -42% | 65% |
| Accenture | Chicago | IL | 78.35 | 28.00 | 36.03 | 180% | -22% | 117% |
| MB Financial | Chicago | IL | 28.36 | 10.17 | 30.83 | 179% | -67% | -8% |
| Stericycle | Lake Forest | IL | 123.05 | 47.74 | 59.40 | 158% | -20% | 107% |
| First Midwest Bancorp | Itasca | IL | 15.86 | 6.28 | 30.60 | 153% | -79% | -48% |
| Cabot Microelectronics | Aurora | IL | 46.82 | 19.06 | 35.91 | 146% | -47% | 30% |
| Mondelez | Deerfield | IL | 34.37 | 14.15 | 21.35 | 143% | -34% | 61% |
| Aptar Group | Crystal Lake | IL | 61.92 | 25.55 | 40.91 | 142% | -38% | 51% |
| Hospira | Lake Forest | IL | 52.25 | 22.21 | 42.64 | 135% | -48% | 23% |
| AAR Corp | Wood Dale | IL | 24.81 | 10.99 | 38.03 | 126% | -71% | -35% |
| CME Group | Chicago | IL | 82.31 | 36.49 | 137.20 | 126% | -73% | -40% |
| Lifeway Foods | Morton Grove | IL | 15.34 | 6.82 | 11.83 | 125% | -42% | 30% |
| FreightCar America | Chicago | IL | 32.41 | 14.52 | 35.00 | 123% | -59% | -7% |
| Morningstar | Chicago | IL | 63.99 | 28.79 | 77.75 | 122% | -63% | -18% |
| Oil-Dri Corp America | Chicago | IL | 28.55 | 13.11 | 21.94 | 118% | -40% | 30% |
| Hub Group | Downers Grove | IL | 34.37 | 15.87 | 26.58 | 117% | -40% | 29% |
| RLI Corp | Peoria | IL | 47.17 | 21.88 | 28.40 | 116% | -23% | 66% |
| Heritage-Crystal Clean | Elgin | IL | 18.34 | 8.84 | 14.19 | 107% | -38% | 29% |
| Abbott Laboratories | Abbott Park | IL | 42.46 | 22.44 | 26.87 | 89% | -16% | 58% |
| Old Republic Intl | Chicago | IL | 14.42 | 7.66 | 15.41 | 88% | -50% | -6% |
| Lawson Products | Chicago | IL | 25.09 | 14.25 | 37.92 | 76% | -62% | -34% |
| McDonald's | Oak Brook | IL | 91.67 | 52.12 | 58.91 | 76% | -12% | 56% |
| Archer Daniels Midland | Decatur | IL | 45.58 | 25.96 | 46.43 | 76% | -44% | -2% |
| Merge Healthcare | Chicago | IL | 2.26 | 1.31 | 1.19 | 73% | 10% | 90% |
| Allscripts Healthcare Solutions | Chicago | IL | 13.62 | 7.93 | 19.42 | 72% | -59% | -30% |
| Inland Real Estate | Oak Brook | IL | 10.39 | 6.12 | 14.16 | 70% | -57% | -27% |
| PCTEL | Bloomingdale | IL | 7.31 | 4.31 | 6.86 | 70% | -37% | 7% |
| Tootsie Rolls Industries | Chicago | IL | 28.42 | 17.33 | 22.96 | 64% | -25% | 24% |
| Huron Consulting Group | Chicago | IL | 64.38 | 40.75 | 80.63 | 58% | -49% | -20% |
| Heidrick & Struggles Intl | Chicago | IL | 21.66 | 14.00 | 37.11 | 55% | -62% | -42% |
| BankFinancial Corp | Burr Ridge | IL | 10.94 | 7.54 | 15.82 | 45% | -52% | -31% |
| The Female Health Co | Chicago | IL | 4.18 | 2.95 | 2.61 | 42% | 13% | 60% |
| Baxter Intl | Deerfield | IL | 69.83 | 51.92 | 58.05 | 34% | -11% | 20% |
| Northern Trust | Chicago | IL | 63.64 | 47.38 | 76.58 | 34% | -38% | -17% |
| AM Castle | Oak Brook | IL | 7.63 | 5.89 | 27.19 | 30% | -78% | -72% |
| Navigant Consulting | Chicago | IL | 14.25 | 11.07 | 13.67 | 29% | -19% | 4% |
| Terra Nitrogen Co. LP | Deerfield | IL | 141.66 | 118.97 | 149.53 | 19% | -20% | -5% |
| Sears Holdings | Hoffman Estates | IL | 38.97 | 33.01 | 94.81 | 18% | -65% | -59% |
| United States Cellular | Chicago | IL | 35.28 | 30.34 | 84.10 | 16% | -64% | -58% |
| Rubicon Technology | Bensenville | IL | 4.29 | 3.93 | 23.75 | 9% | -83% | -82% |
| Telephone & Data Systems | Chicago | IL | 24.80 | 23.08 | 57.59 | 7% | -60% | -57% |
| First Mid-Illinois Bancshares | Mattoon | IL | 21.10 | 19.90 | 26.05 | 6% | -24% | -19% |
| DeVry Education Group | Downers Group | IL | 45.81 | 44.19 | 51.96 | 4% | -15% | -12% |
| First Busey | Champaign | IL | 5.86 | 6.15 | 19.86 | -5% | -69% | -70% |
| Coeur Mining Inc | Chicago | IL | 4.40 | 6.30 | 49.40 | -30% | -87% | -91% |
| Inteliquent | Chicago | IL | 13.15 | 18.99 | 19.02 | -31% | 0% | -31% |
| Landauer | Glenwood | IL | 33.88 | 50.65 | 51.85 | -33% | -2% | -35% |
| Career Education | Schaumburg | IL | 5.19 | 20.80 | 25.14 | -75% | -17% | -79% |
| Average % Change all 115 | 528% | -55% | 65% |
Details to come.
