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Securities

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Securities
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Securities
NOTE 3 – Securities

The following tables present 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, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

Debt Securities and Available-for-Sale Marketable Equity Securities
 
June 30, 2014
(Dollars in millions)
Amortized
Cost
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
Available-for-sale debt securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
$
38,417

 
$
301

 
$
(15
)
 
$
38,703

Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agency
161,636

 
1,571

 
(1,664
)
 
161,543

Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations
12,370

 
132

 
(61
)
 
12,441

Non-agency residential (1)
4,818

 
272

 
(84
)
 
5,006

Commercial
2,240

 
39

 
(1
)
 
2,278

Non-U.S. securities
7,034

 
40

 
(5
)
 
7,069

Corporate/Agency bonds
813

 
18

 
(3
)
 
828

Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
13,587

 
38

 
(10
)
 
13,615

Total taxable securities
240,915

 
2,411

 
(1,843
)
 
241,483

Tax-exempt securities
8,802

 
5

 
(18
)
 
8,789

Total available-for-sale debt securities
249,717

 
2,416

 
(1,861
)
 
250,272

Other debt securities carried at fair value
43,032

 
151

 
(594
)
 
42,589

Total debt securities carried at fair value
292,749

 
2,567

 
(2,455
)
 
292,861

Held-to-maturity debt securities, substantially all U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities
60,022

 
247

 
(1,088
)
 
59,181

Total debt securities
$
352,771

 
$
2,814

 
$
(3,543
)
 
$
352,042

Available-for-sale marketable equity securities (2)
$
276

 
$

 
$
(36
)
 
$
240

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2013
Available-for-sale debt securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
$
8,910

 
$
106

 
$
(62
)
 
$
8,954

Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agency
170,112

 
777

 
(5,954
)
 
164,935

Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations
22,731

 
76

 
(315
)
 
22,492

Non-agency residential (1)
6,124

 
238

 
(123
)
 
6,239

Commercial
2,429

 
63

 
(12
)
 
2,480

Non-U.S. securities
7,207

 
37

 
(24
)
 
7,220

Corporate/Agency bonds
860

 
20

 
(7
)
 
873

Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
16,805

 
30

 
(5
)
 
16,830

Total taxable securities
235,178

 
1,347

 
(6,502
)
 
230,023

Tax-exempt securities
5,967

 
10

 
(49
)
 
5,928

Total available-for-sale debt securities
241,145

 
1,357

 
(6,551
)
 
235,951

Other debt securities carried at fair value
34,145

 
34

 
(1,335
)
 
32,844

Total debt securities carried at fair value
275,290

 
1,391

 
(7,886
)
 
268,795

Held-to-maturity debt securities, substantially all U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities
55,150

 
20

 
(2,740
)
 
52,430

Total debt securities
$
330,440

 
$
1,411

 
$
(10,626
)
 
$
321,225

Available-for-sale marketable equity securities (2)
$
230

 
$

 
$
(7
)
 
$
223

(1) 
At June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the underlying collateral type included approximately 78 percent and 89 percent prime, 13 percent and seven percent Alt-A, and nine percent and four percent subprime.
(2) 
Classified in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
At June 30, 2014, the accumulated net unrealized gain on AFS debt securities included in accumulated OCI was $355 million, net of the related income tax expense of $200 million. At June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Corporation had nonperforming AFS debt securities of $155 million and $103 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 (loss). In the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, the Corporation recorded unrealized mark-to-market net gains in other income (loss) of $416 million and $860 million and realized net gains of $100 million and $83 million on other debt securities carried at fair value, which excludes the benefit of certain hedges, the results of which are also reported in other income (loss), compared to unrealized mark-to-market net losses of $1.2 billion and $1.4 billion and realized net losses of $220 million and $205 million for the same periods in 2013.

Other Debt Securities Carried at Fair Value
 
 
 
(Dollars in millions)
June 30
2014
 
December 31
2013
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
$
4,242

 
$
4,062

Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
Agency
16,448

 
16,500

Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations

 
218

Non-agency residential
3,401

 

Commercial
793

 
749

Non-U.S. securities (1)
17,395

 
11,315

Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
310

 

Total
$
42,589

 
$
32,844

(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, 2014 and 2013 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)
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Gross gains
$
383

 
$
474

 
$
761

 
$
543

Gross losses
(1
)
 
(17
)
 
(2
)
 
(18
)
Net gains on sales of AFS debt securities
$
382

 
$
457

 
$
759

 
$
525

Income tax expense attributable to realized net gains on sales of AFS debt securities
$
145

 
$
169

 
$
288

 
$
194



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 securities and Freddie Mac (FHLMC), where the investment exceeded 10 percent of consolidated shareholders' equity at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, are presented in the table below.

Selected Securities Exceeding 10 Percent of Shareholders' Equity
 
June 30, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
(Dollars in millions)
Amortized
Cost
 
Fair
Value
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Fair
Value
Fannie Mae
$
121,088

 
$
120,142

 
$
123,813

 
$
118,708

Government National Mortgage Association
108,968

 
108,633

 
118,700

 
115,314

U.S. Treasury securities
40,236

 
40,520

 
10,533

 
10,428

Freddie Mac
23,411

 
23,374

 
24,908

 
24,075


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 at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

Temporarily Impaired and Other-than-temporarily Impaired AFS Debt Securities
 
 
June 30, 2014
 
Less than 12 Months
 
12 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
$
1,486

 
$
(1
)
 
$
678

 
$
(14
)
 
$
2,164

 
$
(15
)
Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agency

 

 
81,930

 
(1,664
)
 
81,930

 
(1,664
)
Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations
1,407

 
(11
)
 
3,393

 
(50
)
 
4,800

 
(61
)
Non-agency residential
275

 
(2
)
 
924

 
(48
)
 
1,199

 
(50
)
Commercial
53

 
(1
)
 

 

 
53

 
(1
)
Non-U.S. securities
131

 
(3
)
 
39

 
(2
)
 
170

 
(5
)
Corporate/Agency bonds

 

 
93

 
(3
)
 
93

 
(3
)
Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
1,653

 
(6
)
 
364

 
(4
)
 
2,017

 
(10
)
Total taxable securities
5,005

 
(24
)
 
87,421

 
(1,785
)
 
92,426

 
(1,809
)
Tax-exempt securities
1,697

 
(5
)
 
992

 
(13
)
 
2,689

 
(18
)
Total temporarily impaired AFS debt securities
6,702

 
(29
)
 
88,413

 
(1,798
)
 
95,115

 
(1,827
)
Other-than-temporarily impaired AFS debt securities (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities
412

 
(33
)
 
1

 
(1
)
 
413

 
(34
)
Total temporarily impaired and other-than-temporarily impaired AFS debt securities
$
7,114

 
$
(62
)
 
$
88,414

 
$
(1,799
)
 
$
95,528

 
$
(1,861
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2013
Temporarily impaired AFS debt securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
$
5,770

 
$
(61
)
 
$
19

 
$
(1
)
 
$
5,789

 
$
(62
)
Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agency
132,032

 
(5,457
)
 
9,324

 
(497
)
 
141,356

 
(5,954
)
Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations
13,438

 
(210
)
 
2,661

 
(105
)
 
16,099

 
(315
)
Non-agency residential
819

 
(15
)
 
1,237

 
(106
)
 
2,056

 
(121
)
Commercial
286

 
(12
)
 

 

 
286

 
(12
)
Non-U.S. securities

 

 
45

 
(24
)
 
45

 
(24
)
Corporate/Agency bonds
106

 
(3
)
 
282

 
(4
)
 
388

 
(7
)
Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
116

 
(2
)
 
280

 
(3
)
 
396

 
(5
)
Total taxable securities
152,567

 
(5,760
)
 
13,848

 
(740
)
 
166,415

 
(6,500
)
Tax-exempt securities
1,789

 
(30
)
 
990

 
(19
)
 
2,779

 
(49
)
Total temporarily impaired AFS debt securities
154,356

 
(5,790
)
 
14,838

 
(759
)
 
169,194

 
(6,549
)
Other-than-temporarily impaired AFS debt securities (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities
2

 
(1
)
 
1

 
(1
)
 
3

 
(2
)
Total temporarily impaired and other-than-temporarily impaired AFS debt securities
$
154,358

 
$
(5,791
)
 
$
14,839

 
$
(760
)
 
$
169,197

 
$
(6,551
)
(1)
Includes other-than-temporarily impaired AFS debt securities on which an OTTI loss 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, 2014 and 2013 as presented in the Net Impairment Losses Recognized in Earnings table. All such OTTI losses in the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 were on non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and were recorded in other income (loss) on the Consolidated Statement of Income. 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 Impairment Losses Recognized in Earnings
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30
 
Six Months Ended June 30
(Dollars in millions)
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Total OTTI losses (unrealized and realized)
$
(12
)
 
$
(5
)
 
$
(13
)
 
$
(14
)
Unrealized OTTI losses recognized in OCI
2

 
1

 
2

 
1

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings
$
(10
)
 
$
(4
)
 
$
(11
)
 
$
(13
)


The Corporation's net impairment losses recognized in earnings consisted entirely of credit losses. The table below presents a rollforward of the credit losses recognized in earnings for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 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 Credit Losses Recognized
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30
 
Six Months Ended June 30
(Dollars in millions)
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Balance, beginning of period
$
185

 
$
244

 
$
184

 
$
243

Additions for credit losses recognized on AFS debt securities that had no previous impairment losses
10

 

 
10

 
5

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

 
4

 
1

 
8

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

 
(43
)
 

 
(51
)
Balance, June 30
$
195

 
$
205

 
$
195

 
$
205



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 mortgage-backed securities (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, 2014.

Significant Assumptions
 
 
 
Range (1)
 
Weighted-
average
 
10th
Percentile (2)
 
90th
Percentile (2)
Annual prepayment speed
14.3
%
 
3.6
%
 
26.4
%
Loss severity
42.0

 
13.4

 
53.9

Life default rate
42.9

 
1.5

 
99.6

(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 36.9 percent for prime, 38.8 percent for Alt-A and 50.2 percent for subprime at June 30, 2014. 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 29.9 percent for prime, 44.2 percent for Alt-A and 47.7 percent for subprime at June 30, 2014.

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, 2014 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, 2014
 
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
$
476

0.48
%
 
$
29,922

1.66
%
 
$
10,779

2.45
%
 
$
1,403

3.48
%
 
$
42,580

1.91
%
Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agency
15

4.64

 
11,121

2.79

 
133,184

2.97

 
34,223

2.86

 
178,543

2.94

Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations
992

0.01

 
2,937

1.86

 
8,417

2.87

 
24

0.61

 
12,370

2.39

Non-agency residential
675

4.71

 
1,760

4.94

 
1,454

5.12

 
4,373

8.39

 
8,262

6.89

Commercial
409

6.65

 
190

3.08

 
2,449

2.74

 
7

4.09

 
3,055

3.29

Non-U.S. securities
21,714

0.83

 
2,593

3.60

 
119

4.09

 


 
24,426

1.14

Corporate/Agency bonds
400

2.28

 
159

3.76

 
112

3.91

 
142

1.29

 
813

2.62

Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
5,271

1.50

 
6,096

1.22

 
1,683

2.10

 
848

3.63

 
13,898

1.43

Total taxable securities
29,952

1.10

 
54,778

2.06

 
158,197

2.94

 
41,020

3.48

 
283,947

2.65

Tax-exempt securities
150

1.58

 
3,448

1.06

 
3,250

1.11

 
1,954

0.88

 
8,802

1.13

Total amortized cost of debt securities carried at fair value
$
30,102

1.11

 
$
58,226

2.00

 
$
161,447

2.90

 
$
42,974

3.36

 
$
292,749

2.61

Amortized cost of HTM debt securities (2)
$
108

1.07

 
$
19

3.65

 
$
59,495

2.59

 
$
400

2.74

 
$
60,022

2.59

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Debt securities carried at fair value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
$
476

 
 
$
30,089

 
 
$
10,938

 
 
$
1,442

 
 
$
42,945

 
Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agency
15

 
 
11,454

 
 
133,005

 
 
33,517

 
 
177,991

 
Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations
995

 
 
2,925

 
 
8,497

 
 
24

 
 
12,441

 
Non-agency residential
678

 
 
1,763

 
 
1,494

 
 
4,472

 
 
8,407

 
Commercial
422

 
 
196

 
 
2,446

 
 
7

 
 
3,071

 
Non-U.S. securities
21,713

 
 
2,628

 
 
123

 
 

 
 
24,464

 
Corporate/Agency bonds
399

 
 
170

 
 
118

 
 
141

 
 
828

 
Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
5,275

 
 
6,096

 
 
1,706

 
 
848

 
 
13,925

 
Total taxable securities
29,973

 
 
55,321

 
 
158,327

 
 
40,451

 
 
284,072

 
Tax-exempt securities
150

 
 
3,449

 
 
3,242

 
 
1,948

 
 
8,789

 
Total debt securities carried at fair value
$
30,123

 
 
$
58,770

 
 
$
161,569

 
 
$
42,399

 
 
$
292,861

 
Fair value of HTM debt securities (2)
$
108

 
 
$
19

 
 
$
58,669

 
 
$
385

 
 
$
59,181

 
(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


In 2013, the Corporation sold its remaining investment in China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB). The strategic assistance agreement between the Corporation and CCB, which includes cooperation in specific business areas, extends through 2016.

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 Consumer & Business Banking (CBB), had a carrying value of $3.2 billion at both June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013. For additional information, see Note 10 – Commitments and Contingencies.