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1. What is the Market Value of Common Stock Currently Outstanding? Calculate the Percentage Change in This Value Since 2013, Reported in Figure 8-1. 2.
1. What is the Market Value of Common Stock Currently Outstanding? Calculate the Percentage Change in This Value Since 2013, Reported in Figure 8-1.
2. What is the Percentage of Common Stock Outstanding Issued by nonfinancial Corporate Businesses, Financial Corporations, & the Rest of the World?
3. What are Weak Form, Semi-Strong Form, & Strong Form Efficiency? Does One Form of Efficiency Imply Another?
4. Answer the Following Questions Concerning the Given Partial Stock Quote:
a) What was the Dividend Yield
b) What was the Most Recent Four Quarters of Earnings Per Share?
c) Valued at the Closing Price, What was the Total Dollar Volume of Shares Traded?
d) What was the Stock Price at the Beginning of the Year?
5. When Would Preferred Stock be a Better Investment Choice Than Common Stock or Bonds?
6. In What Major Ways Do Stocks Differ from Bonds?
L.213 Corporate and Foreign Bonds
Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted
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Description | Series code | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 Q3 | 2016 Q4 | 2017 Q1 | 2017 Q2 | 2017 Q3 | 2017 Q4 | Line |
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All sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | FL893163005 | 11697.4 | 12060.3 | 12722 | 12155.9 | 12060.3 | 12237.6 | 12405.4 | 12627.2 | 12722 | 1 |
Nonfinancial corporate business; corporate bonds; liability | FL103163003 | 4812.6 | 5090.1 | 5349.5 | 5105.5 | 5090.1 | 5196.7 | 5250 | 5333.8 | 5349.5 | 2 |
Domestic financial sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | FL793163005 | 4576.3 | 4517.9 | 4574.2 | 4565.6 | 4517.9 | 4483.6 | 4516.9 | 4595 | 4574.2 | 3 |
U.S.-chartered depository institutions; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | FL763163005 | 200.6 | 183.7 | 170.1 | 193.6 | 183.7 | 180.4 | 176.5 | 177.6 | 170.1 | 4 |
Issuers of asset-backed securities; corporate and foreign bonds; liability (1) | FL673163005 | 1289.3 | 1150 | 1097.3 | 1175.3 | 1150 | 1123.9 | 1131.6 | 1128.1 | 1097.3 | 5 |
Finance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | FL613163005 | 886.6 | 814.9 | 778.2 | 830.6 | 814.9 | 791 | 779.6 | 785.6 | 778.2 | 6 |
Real estate investment trusts; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | FL643163005 | 395.5 | 416.7 | 437.8 | 420.8 | 416.7 | 421.9 | 425.3 | 428.8 | 437.8 | 7 |
Security brokers and dealers; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | FL663163003 | 131.3 | 129.1 | 184.1 | 125.6 | 129.1 | 129.7 | 165.8 | 175.5 | 184.1 | 8 |
Holding companies; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | FL733163003 | 1051.6 | 1166.2 | 1270.7 | 1167.4 | 1166.2 | 1171.6 | 1200.6 | 1263.3 | 1270.7 | 9 |
Funding corporations; corporate and foreign bonds where the proceeds are down-streamed to broker-dealer subsidiaries by investment banks that are holding-company parents; liability | FL503163005 | 621.4 | 657.2 | 636 | 652.3 | 657.2 | 665.1 | 637.4 | 636.1 | 636 | 10 |
Rest of the world; bonds; liability (2) | LM263163005 | 2308.6 | 2452.2 | 2798.3 | 2484.9 | 2452.2 | 2557.3 | 2638.4 | 2698.4 | 2798.3 | 11 |
All sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; liability (3) | FL893163005 | 11697.4 | 12060.3 | 12722 | 12155.9 | 12060.3 | 12237.6 | 12405.4 | 12627.2 | 12722 | 12 |
Households and nonprofit organizations; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FL153063005 | 1143.8 | 846.2 | 456.5 | 624.8 | 846.2 | 786 | 587.1 | 625.1 | 456.5 | 13 |
Federal government; corporate bonds issued by commercial banking under TARP; asset | FL313063763 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 14 |
State and local governments, excluding employee retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FL213063003 | 174 | 183 | 187.4 | 180.5 | 183 | 184.3 | 183.4 | 186 | 187.4 | 15 |
U.S.-chartered depository institutions, including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FL763063005 | 509.5 | 502.9 | 486.8 | 518.1 | 502.9 | 519.3 | 502.4 | 500.2 | 486.8 | 16 |
U.S.-chartered depository institutions; private MBS and CMOs; asset | FL763063605 | 127.2 | 100.5 | 81.8 | 106.1 | 100.5 | 97.8 | 92.7 | 87.3 | 81.8 | 17 |
U.S.-chartered depository institutions, including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding private MBS and CMOs; asset | FL763063095 | 382.3 | 402.3 | 405 | 412 | 402.3 | 421.5 | 409.7 | 412.9 | 405 | 18 |
Foreign banking offices in the U.S., including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FL753063005 | 172.4 | 160.8 | 160.2 | 176.1 | 160.8 | 155.9 | 155.7 | 154.2 | 160.2 | 19 |
Banks in U.S.-affiliated areas; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FL743063005 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 7 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7 | 20 |
Credit unions; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FL473063005 | 10.8 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 21 |
Credit unions; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | FL473063605 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 22 |
Credit unions; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | FL473063095 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 23 |
Property-casualty insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | LM513063003 | 437 | 453.9 | 464.5 | 472.9 | 453.9 | 446.6 | 454.7 | 456.3 | 464.5 | 24 |
Property-casualty insurance companies; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | LM513063603 | 95.1 | 97.1 | 95.6 | 97.7 | 97.1 | 94.5 | 94.8 | 95.2 | 95.6 | 25 |
Property-casualty insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | LM513063095 | 341.9 | 356.9 | 369 | 375.2 | 356.9 | 352.1 | 359.9 | 361.1 | 369 | 26 |
Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | LM543063005 | 2441.6 | 2600.8 | 2789.1 | 2707.5 | 2600.8 | 2636.2 | 2703.1 | 2733.9 | 2789.1 | 27 |
Life insurance companies, general accounts; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | LM543063673 | 439.4 | 457.8 | 475.8 | 452.5 | 457.8 | 462.9 | 466.7 | 471.8 | 475.8 | 28 |
Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | LM543063095 | 2002.3 | 2143 | 2313.3 | 2255 | 2143 | 2173.3 | 2236.4 | 2262.1 | 2313.3 | 29 |
Private pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | LM573063005 | 689.5 | 721.5 | 768.6 | 724.3 | 721.5 | 736.4 | 744.6 | 755.1 | 768.6 | 30 |
Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | LM343063005 | 12.6 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 31 |
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | LM223063045 | 554.4 | 553.2 | 600.7 | 570 | 553.2 | 564.8 | 578.3 | 592.1 | 600.7 | 32 |
Money market funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FL633063003 | 64.4 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 11.2 | 6.1 | 8 | 7.1 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 33 |
Mutual funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset (market value) | LM653063005 | 1737.3 | 1861.9 | 2080.2 | 1903.8 | 1861.9 | 1938.4 | 1973 | 2005 | 2080.2 | 34 |
Closed-end funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | LM553063003 | 65.8 | 70.2 | 73.2 | 70.1 | 70.2 | 72.3 | 73.4 | 73.7 | 73.2 | 35 |
Exchange-traded funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | LM563063003 | 242.2 | 309.6 | 403.6 | 310.4 | 309.6 | 337.4 | 366.1 | 389.4 | 403.6 | 36 |
Government-sponsored enterprises; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FL403063005 | 64.3 | 41.1 | 23.9 | 46 | 41.1 | 35.3 | 31.7 | 26.6 | 23.9 | 37 |
Government-sponsored enterprises; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | FL403063605 | 58.9 | 36.4 | 19.6 | 41.1 | 36.4 | 30.7 | 27.2 | 22.3 | 19.6 | 38 |
Government-sponsored enterprises; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | FL403063095 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 39 |
Finance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | LM613063003 | 62.7 | 73.1 | 63.8 | 80.2 | 73.1 | 70.1 | 68 | 64.3 | 63.8 | 40 |
Real estate investment trusts; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FL643063005 | 39.2 | 40.1 | 41.2 | 40 | 40.1 | 41.4 | 41.2 | 41.6 | 41.2 | 41 |
Security brokers and dealers; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FL663063005 | 92.1 | 80 | 59.2 | 75.1 | 80 | 83.4 | 75.1 | 59.7 | 59.2 | 42 |
Holding companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | FL733063003 | 21.5 | 24 | 39.2 | 24.5 | 24 | 19.3 | 36 | 36.5 | 39.2 | 43 |
Funding corporations; corporate and foreign bonds, including financial stabilization programs; asset | FL503063005 | 73 | 69 | 75.1 | 71.6 | 69 | 73.8 | 74.6 | 73.3 | 75.1 | 44 |
Rest of the world; corporate and foreign bonds; asset (4) | LM263063005 | 3083.3 | 3430.5 | 3908.8 | 3516.5 | 3430.5 | 3496.4 | 3717.2 | 3813.4 | 3908.8 | 45 |
Rest of the world; U.S. mortgage-backed securities and other U.S. asset-backed bonds; asset | LM263063603 | 387.6 | 365.6 | 375.6 | 361.6 | 365.6 | 368.7 | 374.8 | 375.9 | 375.6 | 46 |
Rest of the world: U.S. corporate bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | LM263063095 | 2695.7 | 3064.9 | 3533.2 | 3154.9 | 3064.9 | 3127.8 | 3342.5 | 3437.4 | 3533.2 | 47 |
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NOTES
Liabilities net of assets.
Holdings of foreign issues by U.S. residents.
For some sectors, holdings of MBS and other ABS are shown separately. MBS and other ABS include privately issued mortgage-backed securities and other privately issued asset-backed bonds.
Holdings of U.S. issues by foreign residents.
1. What is the Market Value of Common Stock Currently Outstanding? Calculate the Percentage Change in This Value Since 2013, Reported in Figure 8-1.
2. What is the Percentage of Common Stock Outstanding Issued by nonfinancial Corporate Businesses, Financial Corporations, & the Rest of the World?
3. What are Weak Form, Semi-Strong Form, & Strong Form Efficiency? Does One Form of Efficiency Imply Another?
4. Answer the Following Questions Concerning the Given Partial Stock Quote:
a) What was the Dividend Yield
b) What was the Most Recent Four Quarters of Earnings Per Share?
c) Valued at the Closing Price, What was the Total Dollar Volume of Shares Traded?
d) What was the Stock Price at the Beginning of the Year?
5. When Would Preferred Stock be a Better Investment Choice Than Common Stock or Bonds?
6. In What Major Ways Do Stocks Differ from Bonds?
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