Unlike Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville and the Rest of Indiana, the South Bend/Elkhart Area Experienced an Earnings Renaissance Spurred By The Elkhart Economic Miracle ..... Total Audited Earnings of the 7 Publicly-Held South Bend/Elkhart Area Companies For 2015 Were Up 10% Over 2014, Up 38% Over 2013, Up 69% Over 2012, Up 137% Over 2011, Up 179% Over 2010 and Up 1,129% Over 2009 ..... Whatever the US, State and Local Governments Did to Help the Elkhart Area Should Be Repeated All Over the US ..... Just Saying!

From both the superb Google Finance website and US Company SEC filings, below here are the reported US GAAP Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations, Audited By One of the Prestigious Big 4 CPA Firms, for the most recent Annual Fiscal Year End (FYE) 2015 and also for 2009 Through 2014 for each of the 7 Publicly-Held South Bend/Elkhart, Indiana Area HQed Companies:

				Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual
				2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009
				Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net
			Most	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income
	City	State	Recent	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)
	HQs	HQs	FYE	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
South Bend/Elkhart Area Companies
Thor Industries	Elkhart	IN	Jul 15	202	176	152	111	92	91	2
Drew Industries Inc	Elkhart	IN	Dec 15	74	62	50	37	30	28	(24)
1st Source Corp	South Bend	IN	Dec 15	57	58	55	50	48	41	25
Patrick Industries Inc	Elkhart	IN	Dec 15	42	31	24	28	8	1	(5)
Supreme Industries	Goshen	IN	Dec 15	13	8	11	12	3	(10)	(6)
CTS Corp	Elkhart	IN	Dec 15	7	27	2	13	11	18	(15)
Skyline Corp	Elkhart	IN	May 15	(4)	(7)	(11)	(19)	(27)	(29)	(15)
Total all 7 South Bend Area Companies				391	355	283	232	165	140	(38)
2015 Total Earnings % Increase Over:
……….2014				10%
……….2013				38%
……….2012				69%
……….2011				137%
……….2010				179%
……….2009				1129%

Company Earnings Don't Just Drive Stock Market Prices, But Also Unemployment Rates.  Elkhart County, Indiana had an Unemployment Rate of 20.2% in March 2009.  It hit a low of 3.4% in September 2015 and it is now 4.3% in March 2016.

The 7 Evansville, IN Area Publicly-Held Companies Total Audited Earnings Were Just Crushed in 2015 ..... Total Audited Earnings Were $769 Mil in 2015, Down 50% From $1.541 Bil in 2014 and Down 57% From $1.787 Bil in 2010 ..... The Republican and Democratic Political Establishments Did Not Execute in Creating a Favorable Economic Environment Which Would Have Permitted Evansville Area Companies, Their Employees and Their Families To Thrive Economically in 2015

From both the superb Google Finance website and US Company SEC filings, below here are the reported US GAAP Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations, Audited By One of the Prestigious Big 4 CPA Firms, for the most recent Annual Fiscal Year End (FYE) 2015 and also for 2014, 2013 and 2010 for each of the 7 Publicly-Held Evansville, Indiana HQed Companies:

				Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual
				2015	2014	2013	2010
				Net	Net	Net	Net
			Most	Income	Income	Income	Income
	City	State	Recent	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)
	HQs	HQs	FYE	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
Evansville Companies
Mead Johnson Nutrition	Evansville	IN	Dec 15	655	729	689	458
Old National Bancorp	Evansville	IN	Dec 15	117	104	101	38
Berry Plastics Group	Evansville	IN	Sep 15	86	63	57	(113)
Shoe Carnival Inc	Evansville	IN	Jan 16	29	26	27	27
Escalade	Evansville	IN	Dec 15	12	13	13	6
Accuride Corporation	Evansville	IN	Dec 15	(8)	(2)	(26)	(83)
OneMain Holdings Inc (Springleaf)	Evansville	IN	Dec 15	(122)	608	94	1,454
Total all 7 Evansville Area Companies				769	1,541	955	1,787
2015 Total Earnings % Decline From:
……….2014				-50%
……….2013				-19%
……….2010				-57%

The 3 Fort Wayne, IN Area Publicly-Held Companies Total Audited Earnings Were Just Crushed in 2015, Driven Mainly By Steel Dynamics ..... Total Audited Losses Were $43 Mil in 2015 as Compared With Total Audited Earnings of $204 Mil in 2014, $307 Mil in 2013, $298 Mil in 2012 and $392 Mil in 2011 ..... The Republican and Democratic Political Establishments Did Not Execute in Creating a Favorable Economic Environment Which Would Have Permitted Fort Wayne Area Companies, Their Employees and Their Families To Thrive Economically in 2015

From both the superb Google Finance website and US Company SEC filings, below here are the reported US GAAP Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations, Audited By One of the Prestigious Big 4 CPA Firms, for the most recent Annual Fiscal Year End (FYE) 2015 and each of earlier Years of 2011-2014 for each of the 3 Publicly-Held Fort Wayne, Indiana HQed Companies:

				Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual
				2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
				Net	Net	Net	Net	Net
			Most	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income
	City	State	Recent	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)
	HQs	HQs	FYE	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
Fort Wayne Area Companies
Steel Dynamics Inc	Fort Wayne	IN	Dec 15	(145)	92	164	142	266
Vera Bradley Inc	Roanoke	IN	Jan 16	28	41	60	72	62
Franklin Electric Co	Fort Wayne	IN	Dec 15	74	71	83	84	64
Total all 3 Fort Wayne Area Companies				(43)	204	307	298	392
2015 Total Earnings Deterioration From:
……….2014				(247)
……….2013				(350)
……….2012				(341)
……….2011				(435)