Alaska Company Stock Market Prices Up 605% Since March 6, 2009, an Explosive Jump Up in Just the Past Two Weeks.....Audited Earnings Including Hospitals For 2 Years 2012 and 2013 Combined Up 1,657% Over 2 Years 2008 and 2009 Combined

Since the Alaska US Senate Race is now so close, I think it would be helpful to update how Alaska Companies have done on the stock market price front since March 6, 2009, which was the very bottom point of the US Stock Market due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 financial meltdown.

During this five years and eight months period of time from March 6, 2009 through October 31, 2014, Moderate Mark Begich was an Alaska US Senator.

I found 2 Alaska 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 31, 2014.

I also included Alaska Air Group even though it is headquartered in Seattle, Washington because it has such substantial operations in Alaska.  That makes it 3 Alaska 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 3 Alaska Companies had their average equal-company-weighted stock market prices decline by a massive 53% 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 31, 2014, the average stock market prices of these same 3 Alaska Companies have increased by a clearly spectacular 605%.

This 605% average stock market price increase is a phenomenal step up in percentage increase from that of just two weeks ago, where the average increase was a much lower 501% from March 6, 2009 to October 17, 2014. 

Thus in the six years and ten months from December 31, 2007 before the 2008 financial meltdown to the most recent date October 31, 2014, the equally-company-weighted average stock market prices of these same 3 Alaska Companies have increased by a clearly off-the-charts 274%...... yeah, these Alaska Companies have not just recouped the massive amount they lost with the disastrous 2008 financial meltdown, but also added another 274%.

Below here  are the stock market prices of each of these 3 Alaska Companies on October 31, 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
Alaska Companies	HQs		Price	Price	Price	to	to	to
			10-31-14	3-6-09	12-31-07	10-31-14	3-6-09	10-31-14
			$	$	$	$	$	$
Alaska Air Group	Seattle	WA	53.23	3.77	6.25	1312%	-40%	751%
Northrim Bancorp	Anchorage	AK	28.90	6.90	21.32	319%	-68%	36%
General Communication	Anchorage	AK	11.73	4.11	8.75	185%	-53%	34%
Average % Change all 3						605%	-53%	274%

In addition to the above 3 Alaska Companies, there are also Audited Financial Statements available for the Alaska Region of the giant Hospital Chain Providence Health.  Thus included below is the Audited Net Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations for each of these 4 Alaska Organizations in each of the six years 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008 and 2007, along with the related Net Income (Loss) Percentage Changes:

			2013	2012	2011	2009	2008	2007
			Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited
		Most	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net
		Recent	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income
Alaska Companies	HQs	FYE	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)
			$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
Alaska Air Group	Seattle	Dec 13	508	316	245	122	(136)	124
Providence Health Alaska Region	Anchorage	Dec 13	114	103	65	36	27	71
General Communication	Anchorage	Dec 13	32	9	5	4	(4)	14
Northrim Bancorp	Anchorage	Dec 13	12	13	12	8	6	12
Total all 4 Alaska Companies			666	441	327	170	(107)	221
Two Years Total Earnings
..2012 and 2013 Combined	$1,107
..2008 and 2009 Combined	$ 63
……….% Increase	1,657%
Annual Earnings % Increase
…..2013 Over 2007	201%