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This excerpt taken from the PNC 10-Q filed Nov 8, 2007. Securities Available for Sale
Securities represented 22% of total assets at September 30, 2007 and 23% of total assets at December 31, 2006. Our acquisition of Mercantile included approximately $2 billion of securities classified as available for sale. We evaluate our portfolio of securities available for sale in light of changing market conditions and other factors and, where appropriate, take steps intended to improve our overall positioning. At September 30, 2007, securities available for sale included a net unrealized loss of $242 million, which represented the difference between fair value and amortized cost. The comparable amount at December 31, 2006 was a net unrealized loss of $142 million. Net unrealized gains and losses in the securities available for sale portfolio are included in shareholders’ equity as accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax. The fair value of securities available for sale generally decreases when market interest rates increase and vice versa. The expected weighted-average life of securities available for sale (excluding corporate stocks and other) was 4 years and 5 months at September 30, 2007 and 3 years and 8 months at December 31, 2006. We estimate that at September 30, 2007 the effective duration of securities available for sale was 2.8 years for an immediate 50 basis points parallel increase in interest rates and 2.5 years for an immediate 50 basis points parallel decrease in interest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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