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2005 Summary Annual Report: Form 10-K: Note 4 - Trading Account Assets and Liabilities

Note 4

Trading Account Assets and Liabilities


The Corporation engages in a variety of trading-related activities that are either for clients or its own account.


The following table presents the fair values of the components of Trading Account Assets and Liabilities at December 31, 2005 and 2004.



December 31

(Dollars in millions) 2005

2004

Trading account assets
Corporate securities, trading loans and other
$ 46,554 $ 35,227
U.S. government and agency securities(1)
31,091 20,462
Equity securities
31,029 19,504
Mortgage trading loans and asset-backed securities
12,290 9,625
Foreign sovereign debt
10,743 8,769




Total
$ 131,707 $ 93,587




Trading account liabilities
U.S. government and agency securities(2)
$ 23,179 $ 14,332
Equity securities
11,371 8,952
Foreign sovereign debt
8,915 4,793
Corporate securities and other
7,407 8,538
Mortgage trading loans and asset-backed securities
18 39




Total
$ 50,890 $ 36,654





Footnote (1) Includes $22.1 billion and $17.3 billion at December 31, 2005 and 2004 of government-sponsored enterprise obligations that are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
Footnote (2) Includes $1.4 billion and $1.2 billion at December 31, 2005 and 2004 of government-sponsored enterprise obligations that are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.


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