Investor Presentaiton
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millions of dollars
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
25,000
1992
40,000
35,000
30,000
1994
1996
1998
45,000
Alaska Permanent Fund Market Value
(fiscal year end-balance)
Alaska's Permanent Fund
In 1976, Alaskans voted for a constitutional amendment mandating that part of the state's oil
revenues must be deposited in a Permanent Fund.* These Permanent Fund savings have
been invested in a diversified portfolio of assets including stocks, bonds and real estate. With
new deposits and growth in the value of investments, the total value of the Permanent Fund
grew to $40 billion by 2011. The value of the Permanent Fund fell sharply in 2002 and 2009
due to market downturns, but rebounded quickly. We can't spend the principal of the
Permanent Fund-only the realized earnings. As the Permanent Fund has gotten bigger,
these realized earnings have gotten bigger. Between 1998 and 2003, they exceeded the
State's oil revenues.
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*The amendment requires that
"at least 25 percent of all
mineral lease rentals, royalties,
royalty sales proceeds, federal
mineral revenue-sharing
payments and bonuses received
by the state be placed in a
permanent fund, the principal of
which may only be used for
income-producing investments."
**Realized earnings are stock
dividends, bond interest, real
estate rent and the income
made or lost by the sale of any
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