During this five years and seven months period of time from March 6, 2009 through October 7, 2014, both Minnesota US Senators were Democrats, including Al Franken.
I found 59 Companies Headquartered in Minnesota 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 October 7, 2014
These 59 Minnesota Companies had their equally-company-weighted average stock market prices decline by a huge 50% 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 seven months since March 6, 2009 through October 7, 2014, the equally-company-weighted average stock market prices of these same 59 Minnesota Companies have increased by a spectacular 495%.
And in the six years and nine months from December 31, 2007 before the 2008 financial meltdown to the most recent date October 7, 2014, the equally-company-weighted average stock market prices of these same 59 Minnesota Companies have increased by an very impressive 87%...... yeah, these Minnesota Companies have not just recouped what they lost with the 2008 financial meltdown, but also added another 87%.
Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 59 Minnesota Companies on October 7, 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 | ||
| Minnesota Company | HQs | 10-7-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 10-7-14 | 3-6-09 | 10-7-14 |
| $s | $s | $s | |||||
| Select Comfort | Minneapolis | 20.33 | 0.20 | 7.01 | 10060% | -97% | 190% |
| Polaris Industries | Medina | 145.86 | 7.59 | 23.89 | 1823% | -68% | 511% |
| ValueVision Media | Eden Prairie | 4.86 | 0.35 | 6.29 | 1289% | -94% | -23% |
| Stratasys Ltd | Eden Prairie | 113.54 | 8.18 | 25.84 | 1288% | -68% | 339% |
| Arctic Cat | Plymouth | 32.07 | 2.43 | 11.94 | 1220% | -80% | 169% |
| Famous Dave's of America | Minnetonka | 26.00 | 2.00 | 13.56 | 1200% | -85% | 92% |
| Clearfield | Plymouth | 11.24 | 1.12 | 1.01 | 904% | 11% | 1013% |
| Winmark | Minneapolis | 76.00 | 9.02 | 21.00 | 743% | -57% | 262% |
| Ameriprise Financial | Minneapolis | 119.07 | 14.20 | 55.11 | 739% | -74% | 116% |
| Deluxe Corp | Shoreview | 53.65 | 6.47 | 32.89 | 729% | -80% | 63% |
| Tennant Co | Minneapolis | 65.76 | 8.23 | 44.29 | 699% | -81% | 48% |
| Life Time Fitness | Chanhassen | 49.76 | 7.50 | 49.68 | 563% | -85% | 0% |
| Northern Oil and Gas | Wayzata | 13.12 | 2.22 | 6.95 | 491% | -68% | 89% |
| Toro | Bloomington | 57.80 | 10.57 | 27.22 | 447% | -61% | 112% |
| Valspar | Minneapolis | 77.80 | 15.76 | 22.54 | 394% | -30% | 245% |
| Graco | Minneapolis | 70.07 | 14.48 | 37.26 | 384% | -61% | 88% |
| Vascular Solutions | Minneapolis | 25.67 | 5.40 | 6.50 | 375% | -17% | 295% |
| UnitedHealth Group | Minnetonka | 84.19 | 17.90 | 58.20 | 370% | -69% | 45% |
| US Bancorp | Minneapolis | 40.60 | 8.82 | 31.74 | 360% | -72% | 28% |
| Apogee Enterprises | Minneapolis | 38.39 | 8.89 | 17.11 | 332% | -48% | 124% |
| Buffalo Wild Wings | Minneapolis | 125.27 | 30.05 | 23.22 | 317% | 29% | 439% |
| Datalink | Eden Prairie | 10.33 | 2.61 | 3.69 | 296% | -29% | 180% |
| HB Fuller | St Paul | 39.20 | 10.29 | 22.45 | 281% | -54% | 75% |
| Ecolab | St Paul | 111.81 | 29.90 | 51.21 | 274% | -42% | 118% |
| Pentair plc | Minneapolis | 63.85 | 17.95 | 34.81 | 256% | -48% | 83% |
| Enventis | Mankato | 17.94 | 5.10 | 9.32 | 252% | -45% | 92% |
| Donaldson Co | Minneapolis | 39.08 | 11.31 | 23.19 | 246% | -51% | 69% |
| G&K Services Inc | Minnetonka | 54.08 | 15.77 | 37.52 | 243% | -58% | 44% |
| Fastenal | Winona | 44.81 | 13.19 | 20.21 | 240% | -35% | 122% |
| Hormel Foods | Austin | 50.73 | 15.18 | 20.24 | 234% | -25% | 151% |
| 3M | St Paul | 137.68 | 41.83 | 84.32 | 229% | -50% | 63% |
| MTS Systems | Eden Prairie | 69.20 | 21.67 | 38.62 | 219% | -44% | 79% |
| Cardiovascular Systems | St Paul | 24.98 | 8.51 | 31.00 | 194% | -73% | -19% |
| Hawkins Inc | Roseville | 33.92 | 12.95 | 15.00 | 162% | -14% | 126% |
| Medtronic | Minneapolis | 63.94 | 24.92 | 50.27 | 157% | -50% | 27% |
| Piper Jaffray | Minneapolis | 48.98 | 19.30 | 46.32 | 154% | -58% | 6% |
| Patterson | St Paul | 41.28 | 16.55 | 33.95 | 149% | -51% | 22% |
| Target | Minneapolis | 61.54 | 25.65 | 50.00 | 140% | -49% | 23% |
| Lakes Entertainment | Minnetonka | 8.34 | 3.80 | 13.24 | 119% | -71% | -37% |
| NVE Corp | Eden Prairie | 61.56 | 28.98 | 24.60 | 112% | 18% | 150% |
| General Mills | Minneapolis | 50.18 | 25.48 | 28.50 | 97% | -11% | 76% |
| Techne | Minneapolis | 91.54 | 46.98 | 66.05 | 95% | -29% | 39% |
| Christopher & Banks | Plymouth | 6.73 | 3.51 | 11.45 | 92% | -69% | -41% |
| St Jude Medical | Saint Paul | 61.45 | 32.37 | 40.64 | 90% | -20% | 51% |
| OneBeacon Group Ltd | Minnetonka | 15.63 | 9.00 | 21.50 | 74% | -58% | -27% |
| CH Robinson Worldwide | Eden Prairie | 65.43 | 38.06 | 54.12 | 72% | -30% | 21% |
| TCF Financial | Wayzata | 15.14 | 9.00 | 17.93 | 68% | -50% | -16% |
| Regis Corp | Minneapolis | 15.38 | 11.20 | 27.96 | 37% | -60% | -45% |
| Capella Education | Minneapolis | 59.91 | 46.74 | 65.46 | 28% | -29% | -8% |
| Best Buy | Richfield | 30.23 | 24.71 | 52.65 | 22% | -53% | -43% |
| SurModics | Eden Prairie | 19.73 | 16.87 | 54.27 | 17% | -69% | -64% |
| Digi International | Minnetonka | 7.67 | 6.78 | 14.19 | 13% | -52% | -46% |
| Two Harbors Investment | Minnetonka | 9.74 | 8.77 | 8.38 | 11% | 5% | 16% |
| Mosaic | Plymouth | 42.49 | 39.16 | 94.34 | 9% | -58% | -55% |
| Qumu Corp | Minneapolis | 13.03 | 12.11 | 25.95 | 8% | -53% | -50% |
| SUPERVALU | Eden Prairie | 8.77 | 14.36 | 37.52 | -39% | -62% | -77% |
| Digital River | Minnetonka | 14.87 | 25.53 | 33.07 | -42% | -23% | -55% |
| ANI Pharmaceutics | Baudette | 26.61 | 46.44 | 136.08 | -43% | -66% | -80% |
| Imation | Oakdale | 2.95 | 7.08 | 21.00 | -58% | -66% | -86% |
| Average % Change all 59 Minnesota | 495% | -50% | 87% |
The last thing the country needs is to further dumb down the US Senate by not reelecting perhaps its smartest US Senator.....Al Franken.....and he has an excellent sense of humor to boot.
