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Securities

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Securities
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Securities
NOTE 3 – Securities

The table below presents the amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, and fair value of available-for-sale (AFS) debt securities, other debt securities carried at fair value, held-to-maturity (HTM) debt securities and AFS marketable equity securities at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

Debt Securities and Available-for-Sale Marketable Equity Securities
 
June 30, 2015
(Dollars in millions)
Amortized
Cost
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
Available-for-sale debt securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
$
57,699

 
$
661

 
$
(16
)
 
$
58,344

Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agency
189,228

 
931

 
(1,899
)
 
188,260

Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations
12,749

 
224

 
(42
)
 
12,931

Non-agency residential (1)
3,649

 
299

 
(62
)
 
3,886

Commercial
5,087

 
54

 
(31
)
 
5,110

Non-U.S. securities
6,124

 
25

 
(4
)
 
6,145

Corporate/Agency bonds
252

 
6

 
(1
)
 
257

Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
10,389

 
35

 
(21
)
 
10,403

Total taxable securities
285,177

 
2,235

 
(2,076
)
 
285,336

Tax-exempt securities
10,811

 
15

 
(25
)
 
10,801

Total available-for-sale debt securities
295,988

 
2,250

 
(2,101
)
 
296,137

Other debt securities carried at fair value
36,452

 
164

 
(446
)
 
36,170

Total debt securities carried at fair value
332,440

 
2,414

 
(2,547
)
 
332,307

Held-to-maturity debt securities, substantially all U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities
60,072

 
160

 
(1,069
)
 
59,163

Total debt securities
$
392,512

 
$
2,574

 
$
(3,616
)
 
$
391,470

Available-for-sale marketable equity securities (2)
$
336

 
$
104

 
$

 
$
440

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2014
Available-for-sale debt securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
$
69,267

 
$
360

 
$
(32
)
 
$
69,595

Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agency
163,592

 
2,040

 
(593
)
 
165,039

Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations
14,175

 
152

 
(79
)
 
14,248

Non-agency residential (1)
4,244

 
287

 
(77
)
 
4,454

Commercial
3,931

 
69

 

 
4,000

Non-U.S. securities
6,208

 
33

 
(11
)
 
6,230

Corporate/Agency bonds
361

 
9

 
(2
)
 
368

Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
10,774

 
39

 
(22
)
 
10,791

Total taxable securities
272,552

 
2,989

 
(816
)
 
274,725

Tax-exempt securities
9,556

 
12

 
(19
)
 
9,549

Total available-for-sale debt securities
282,108

 
3,001

 
(835
)
 
284,274

Other debt securities carried at fair value
36,524

 
261

 
(364
)
 
36,421

Total debt securities carried at fair value
318,632

 
3,262

 
(1,199
)
 
320,695

Held-to-maturity debt securities, substantially all U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities
59,766

 
486

 
(611
)
 
59,641

Total debt securities
$
378,398

 
$
3,748

 
$
(1,810
)
 
$
380,336

Available-for-sale marketable equity securities (2)
$
336

 
$
27

 
$

 
$
363

(1) 
At June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the underlying collateral type included approximately 74 percent and 76 percent prime, 14 percent and 14 percent Alt-A, and 12 percent and 10 percent subprime.
(2) 
Classified in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
At June 30, 2015, the accumulated net unrealized gain on AFS debt securities included in accumulated OCI was $94 million, net of the related income tax expense of $55 million. At June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Corporation had nonperforming AFS debt securities of $182 million and $161 million.

The table below presents the components of other debt securities carried at fair value where the changes in fair value are reported in other income. In the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, the Corporation recorded unrealized mark-to-market net losses of $359 million and $170 million, and realized net losses of $17 million and $13 million, compared to unrealized net gains of $416 million and $860 million, and realized net gains of $100 million and $83 million for the same periods in 2014. These amounts exclude hedge results.

Other Debt Securities Carried at Fair Value
 
 
 
(Dollars in millions)
June 30
2015
 
December 31
2014
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
$

 
$
1,541

Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
Agency
14,885

 
15,704

Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations
9

 

Non-agency residential
3,787

 
3,745

Non-U.S. securities (1)
17,198

 
15,132

Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
291

 
299

Total
$
36,170

 
$
36,421

(1) 
These securities are primarily used to satisfy certain international regulatory liquidity requirements.

The gross realized gains and losses on sales of AFS debt securities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 are presented in the table below.

Gains and Losses on Sales of AFS Debt Securities
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30
 
Six Months Ended June 30
(Dollars in millions)
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Gross gains
$
170

 
$
383

 
$
445

 
$
761

Gross losses
(2
)
 
(1
)
 
(9
)
 
(2
)
Net gains on sales of AFS debt securities
$
168

 
$
382

 
$
436

 
$
759

Income tax expense attributable to realized net gains on sales of
AFS debt securities
$
64

 
$
145

 
$
166

 
$
288



The table below presents the amortized cost and fair value of the Corporation's debt securities carried at fair value and HTM debt securities from Fannie Mae (FNMA), the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), U.S. Treasury and Freddie Mac (FHLMC), where the investment exceeded 10 percent of consolidated shareholders' equity at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

Selected Securities Exceeding 10 Percent of Shareholders' Equity
 
June 30, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
(Dollars in millions)
Amortized
Cost
 
Fair
Value
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Fair
Value
Fannie Mae
$
145,370

 
$
144,395

 
$
130,725

 
$
131,418

Government National Mortgage Association
90,844

 
90,049

 
98,278

 
98,633

U.S. Treasury
55,590

 
56,174

 
68,481

 
68,801

Freddie Mac
46,282

 
46,059

 
28,288

 
28,556


The table below presents the fair value and the associated gross unrealized losses on AFS debt securities and whether these securities have had gross unrealized losses for less than 12 months or for 12 months or longer as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

Temporarily Impaired and Other-than-temporarily Impaired AFS Debt Securities
 
 
June 30, 2015
 
Less than Twelve Months
 
Twelve Months or Longer
 
Total
(Dollars in millions)
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Temporarily impaired AFS debt securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
$
1,561

 
$
(12
)
 
$
259

 
$
(4
)
 
$
1,820

 
$
(16
)
Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agency
106,914

 
(1,362
)
 
16,042

 
(537
)
 
122,956

 
(1,899
)
Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations
1,648

 
(12
)
 
1,339

 
(30
)
 
2,987

 
(42
)
Non-agency residential
385

 
(3
)
 
724

 
(43
)
 
1,109

 
(46
)
Commercial
1,716

 
(31
)
 

 

 
1,716

 
(31
)
Non-U.S. securities
125

 
(1
)
 
45

 
(3
)
 
170

 
(4
)
Corporate/Agency bonds
79

 
(1
)
 

 

 
79

 
(1
)
Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
787

 
(3
)
 
1,208

 
(18
)
 
1,995

 
(21
)
Total taxable securities
113,215

 
(1,425
)
 
19,617

 
(635
)
 
132,832

 
(2,060
)
Tax-exempt securities
2,092

 
(2
)
 
1,496

 
(23
)
 
3,588

 
(25
)
Total temporarily impaired AFS debt securities
115,307

 
(1,427
)
 
21,113

 
(658
)
 
136,420

 
(2,085
)
Other-than-temporarily impaired AFS debt securities (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities
407

 
(9
)
 
87

 
(7
)
 
494

 
(16
)
Total temporarily impaired and other-than-temporarily impaired AFS debt securities
$
115,714

 
$
(1,436
)
 
$
21,200

 
$
(665
)
 
$
136,914

 
$
(2,101
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2014
Temporarily impaired AFS debt securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
$
10,121

 
$
(22
)
 
$
667

 
$
(10
)
 
$
10,788

 
$
(32
)
Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agency
1,366

 
(8
)
 
43,118

 
(585
)
 
44,484

 
(593
)
Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations
2,242

 
(19
)
 
3,075

 
(60
)
 
5,317

 
(79
)
Non-agency residential
307

 
(3
)
 
809

 
(41
)
 
1,116

 
(44
)
Non-U.S. securities
157

 
(9
)
 
32

 
(2
)
 
189

 
(11
)
Corporate/Agency bonds
43

 
(1
)
 
93

 
(1
)
 
136

 
(2
)
Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
575

 
(3
)
 
1,080

 
(19
)
 
1,655

 
(22
)
Total taxable securities
14,811

 
(65
)
 
48,874

 
(718
)
 
63,685

 
(783
)
Tax-exempt securities
980

 
(1
)
 
680

 
(18
)
 
1,660

 
(19
)
Total temporarily impaired AFS debt securities
15,791

 
(66
)
 
49,554

 
(736
)
 
65,345

 
(802
)
Other-than-temporarily impaired AFS debt securities (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities
555

 
(33
)
 

 

 
555

 
(33
)
Total temporarily impaired and other-than-temporarily impaired AFS debt securities
$
16,346

 
$
(99
)
 
$
49,554

 
$
(736
)
 
$
65,900

 
$
(835
)
(1)
Includes other-than-temporarily impaired AFS debt securities on which an OTTI loss, primarily related to changes in interest rates, remains in accumulated OCI.

The Corporation recorded other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) losses on AFS debt securities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 as presented in the Net Credit-related Impairment Losses Recognized in Earnings table. Substantially all OTTI losses in the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 consisted of credit losses on non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and were recorded in other income in the Consolidated Statement of Income. The credit losses on the RMBS during the six months ended June 30, 2015 were driven by decreases in the estimated RMBS cash flows primarily due to a model change resulting in the refinement of the expected cash flows. A debt security is impaired when its fair value is less than its amortized cost. If the Corporation intends or will more-likely-than-not be required to sell a debt security prior to recovery, the entire impairment loss is recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Income. For AFS debt securities the Corporation does not intend or will not more-likely-than-not be required to sell, an analysis is performed to determine if any of the impairment is due to credit or whether it is due to other factors (e.g., interest rate). Credit losses are considered unrecoverable and are recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Income with the remaining unrealized losses recorded in OCI. In certain instances, the credit loss on a debt security may exceed the total impairment, in which case, the excess of the credit loss over the total impairment is recorded as an unrealized gain in OCI.

Net Credit-related Impairment Losses Recognized in Earnings
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30
 
Six Months Ended June 30
(Dollars in millions)
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Total OTTI losses
$
(11
)
 
$
(12
)
 
$
(82
)
 
$
(13
)
Less: non-credit portion of total OTTI losses recognized in OCI
6

 
2

 
7

 
2

Net credit-related impairment losses recognized in earnings
$
(5
)
 
$
(10
)
 
$
(75
)
 
$
(11
)


The table below presents a rollforward of the credit losses recognized in earnings for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 on AFS debt securities that the Corporation does not have the intent to sell or will not more-likely-than-not be required to sell.

Rollforward of OTTI Credit Losses Recognized
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30
 
Six Months Ended June 30
(Dollars in millions)
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Balance, beginning of period
$
256

 
$
185

 
$
201

 
$
184

Additions for credit losses recognized on AFS debt securities that had no previous impairment losses
2

 
10

 
49

 
10

Additions for credit losses recognized on AFS debt securities that had previously incurred impairment losses
3

 

 
26

 
1

Reductions for AFS debt securities matured, sold or intended to be sold

 

 
(15
)
 

Balance, June 30
$
261

 
$
195

 
$
261

 
$
195



The Corporation estimates the portion of a loss on a security that is attributable to credit using a discounted cash flow model and estimates the expected cash flows of the underlying collateral using internal credit, interest rate and prepayment risk models that incorporate management's best estimate of current key assumptions such as default rates, loss severity and prepayment rates. Assumptions used for the underlying loans that support the MBS can vary widely from loan to loan and are influenced by such factors as loan interest rate, geographic location of the borrower, borrower characteristics and collateral type. Based on these assumptions, the Corporation then determines how the underlying collateral cash flows will be distributed to each MBS issued from the applicable special purpose entity. Expected principal and interest cash flows on an impaired AFS debt security are discounted using the effective yield of each individual impaired AFS debt security.

Significant assumptions used in estimating the expected cash flows for measuring credit losses on non-agency RMBS were as follows at June 30, 2015.

Significant Assumptions
 
 
 
Range (1)
 
Weighted-
average
 
10th
Percentile (2)
 
90th
Percentile (2)
Annual prepayment speed
12.0
%
 
3.7
%
 
24.2
%
Loss severity
38.9

 
13.2

 
48.0

Life default rate
34.6

 
1.3

 
97.5

(1) 
Represents the range of inputs/assumptions based upon the underlying collateral.
(2) 
The value of a variable below which the indicated percentile of observations will fall.

Annual constant prepayment speed and loss severity rates are projected considering collateral characteristics such as loan-to-value (LTV), creditworthiness of borrowers as measured using FICO scores, and geographic concentrations. The weighted-average severity by collateral type was 35.6 percent for prime, 37.4 percent for Alt-A and 50.4 percent for subprime at June 30, 2015. Additionally, default rates are projected by considering collateral characteristics including, but not limited to, LTV, FICO and geographic concentration. Weighted-average life default rates by collateral type were 21.5 percent for prime, 36.9 percent for Alt-A and 38.2 percent for subprime at June 30, 2015.

The expected maturity distribution of the Corporation's MBS, the contractual maturity distribution of the Corporation's other debt securities carried at fair value and HTM debt securities, and the yields on the Corporation's debt securities carried at fair value and HTM debt securities at June 30, 2015 are summarized in the table below. Actual maturities may differ from the contractual or expected maturities since borrowers may have the right to prepay obligations with or without prepayment penalties.

Maturities of Debt Securities Carried at Fair Value and Held-to-maturity Debt Securities
 
June 30, 2015
 
Due in One
Year or Less
 
Due after One Year
through Five Years
 
Due after Five
Years through Ten Years
 
Due after
Ten Years
 
Total
(Dollars in millions)
Amount
Yield (1)
 
Amount
Yield (1)
 
Amount
Yield (1)
 
Amount
Yield (1)
 
Amount
Yield (1)
Amortized cost of debt securities carried at fair value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
$
572

0.23
%
 
$
51,424

1.60
%
 
$
5,701

2.20
%
 
$
2

4.60
%
 
$
57,699

1.69
%
Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agency
37

4.40

 
18,004

2.60

 
170,756

2.80

 
15,618

2.90

 
204,415

2.80

Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations
372

0.60

 
2,567

2.00

 
9,816

2.80

 
1

0.60

 
12,756

2.60

Non-agency residential
409

4.10

 
1,512

4.90

 
1,324

4.52

 
4,188

8.19

 
7,433

6.61

Commercial
87

6.40

 
519

2.10

 
4,478

2.80

 
3

2.83

 
5,087

2.76

Non-U.S. securities
21,371

0.57

 
1,933

2.96

 
6

2.87

 


 
23,310

0.79

Corporate/Agency bonds
66

3.51

 
89

3.64

 
95

3.48

 
2

6.34

 
252

3.48

Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
2,726

1.07

 
4,908

1.29

 
2,131

2.40

 
912

3.23

 
10,677

1.57

Total taxable securities
25,640

0.90

 
80,956

1.96

 
194,307

2.80

 
20,726

4.00

 
321,629

2.53

Tax-exempt securities
651

1.02

 
2,833

1.40

 
2,482

1.67

 
4,845

1.02

 
10,811

1.26

Total amortized cost of debt securities carried at fair value
$
26,291

0.90

 
$
83,789

1.94

 
$
196,789

2.78

 
$
25,571

3.41

 
$
332,440

2.49

Amortized cost of HTM debt securities (2)
$


 
$
11,629

2.30

 
$
46,652

2.40

 
$
1,791

2.94

 
$
60,072

2.40

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Debt securities carried at fair value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
$
572

 
 
$
52,001

 
 
$
5,769

 
 
$
2

 
 
$
58,344

 
Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agency
38

 
 
18,277

 
 
169,457

 
 
15,373

 
 
203,145

 
Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations
373

 
 
2,566

 
 
10,000

 
 
1

 
 
12,940

 
Non-agency residential
440

 
 
1,509

 
 
1,425

 
 
4,299

 
 
7,673

 
Commercial
88

 
 
526

 
 
4,493

 
 
3

 
 
5,110

 
Non-U.S. securities
21,371

 
 
1,966

 
 
6

 
 

 
 
23,343

 
Corporate/Agency bonds
66

 
 
93

 
 
96

 
 
2

 
 
257

 
Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
3,017

 
 
4,617

 
 
2,144

 
 
916

 
 
10,694

 
Total taxable securities
25,965

 
 
81,555

 
 
193,390

 
 
20,596

 
 
321,506

 
Tax-exempt securities
651

 
 
2,839

 
 
2,479

 
 
4,832

 
 
10,801

 
Total debt securities carried at fair value
$
26,616

 
 
$
84,394

 
 
$
195,869

 
 
$
25,428

 
 
$
332,307

 
Fair value of HTM debt securities (2)
$

 
 
$
11,567

 
 
$
45,827

 
 
$
1,769

 
 
$
59,163

 
(1) 
Average yield is computed using the effective yield of each security at the end of the period, weighted based on the amortized cost of each security. The effective yield considers the contractual coupon, amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts, and excludes the effect of related hedging derivatives.
(2) 
Substantially all U.S. agency MBS.

Certain Corporate and Strategic Investments


The Corporation's 49 percent investment in a merchant services joint venture, which is recorded in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and in All Other, had a carrying value of $3.1 billion at both June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014. For additional information, see Note 10 – Commitments and Contingencies.