Analyzing the US Financial Services Industry

Table of Contents

A. Executive Summary

B. Analyzing the US Financial Markets

• B.1 Market Profile

C. Looking at the Global Financial Crisis

• C.1 Credit Crisis Simplified
  • C.1.1 Origins of the Crisis
  • C.1.2 US Sub-Prime Crisis
• C.2 Looking at the Government' s Bailout Plan
  • C.2.1.1 Continued Volatility in the Market
  • C.2.2 The Crisis and the Campaign
  • C.2.3 Deeper Problems, Dramatic Measures
  • C.2.4 Role of a New Administration
  • C.2.5 New Fears, New Lows, Then New Hopes
• C.3 Recession Comes To Roost
  • C.3.11 Deflating the Debt Bubble
• C.4 Government Response: Money and More Money
• C.5 The US Consumer Bailing Out

D. Outlook for the Banking and Services Industry

• D.1 Trends Point to a Paradigm Shift
• D.2 What the Future Holds for Financial Services Firms, Corporate America & the Consumer
• D.3 Mapping a Future Course

E. Credit Crisis - Looking at the Financial Stability Plan

• E.1 Looking at the Federal Reserve Policy Responses

F. Future of Financial Regulation in the US

G. Outlook for the Economy

H. The Crisis & Implications on US Foreign Policy

I. Analyzing the Securities Market

• I.1 Looking at the Financial Performance
• I.2 A Look at Total Expenses
• I.3 A Look at Profitability

J. Analyzing Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities

• J.1 Looking at the CMBS Process
• J.2 Market Growth

K. Analyzing the Secondary Loan Market: 2008

L. Lending and Intermediation Snapshot

M. Analyzing the Banking Industry

• M.1 Market Profile
• M.2 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• M.3 State-wise Banking Conditions
  • M.3.1 Alabama at a Glance
  • M.3.2 Alaska at a Glance
  • M.3.3 Arizona at a Glance
  • M.3.4 Arkansas at a Glance
  • M.3.5 California at a Glance
  • M.3.6 Colorado at a Glance
  • M.3.7 Connecticut at a Glance
  • M.3.8 Delaware at a Glance
  • M.3.9 Florida at a Glance
  • M.3.10 Georgia at a Glance
  • M.3.11 Hawaii at a Glance
  • M.3.12 Idaho at a Glance
  • M.3.13 Illinois at a Glance
  • M.3.14 Indiana at a Glance
  • M.3.15 Iowa at a Glance
  • M.3.16 Kansas at a Glance
  • M.3.17 Kentucky at a Glance
  • M.3.18 Louisiana at a Glance
  • M.3.19 Maine at a Glance
  • M.3.20 Maryland and Washington, D.C. at a Glance
  • M.3.21 Massachusetts at a Glance
  • M.3.22 Michigan at a Glance
  • M.3.23 Minnesota at a Glance
  • M.3.24 Mississippi at a Glance
  • M.3.25 Missouri at a Glance
  • M.3.26 Montana at a Glance
  • M.3.27 Nebraska at a Glance
  • M.3.28 Nevada at a Glance
  • M.3.29 New Hampshire at a Glance
  • M.3.30 New Jersey at a Glance
  • M.3.31 New Mexico at a Glance
  • M.3.32 New York at a Glance
  • M.3.33 North Carolina at a Glance
  • M.3.34 North Dakota at a Glance
  • M.3.35 Ohio at a Glance
  • M.3.36 Oklahoma at a Glance
  • M.3.37 Oregon at a Glance
  • M.3.38 Pennsylvania at a Glance
  • M.3.39 Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands at a Glance
  • M.3.40 Rhode Island at a Glance
  • M.3.41 South Carolina at a Glance
  • M.3.42 South Dakota at a Glance
  • M.3.43 Tennessee at a Glance
  • M.3.44 Texas at a Glance
  • M.3.45 Utah at a Glance
  • M.3.46 Vermont at a Glance
  • M.3.47 Virginia at a Glance
  • M.3.48 Washington at a Glance
  • M.3.49 West Virginia at a Glance
  • M.3.50 Wisconsin at a Glance
  • M.3.51 Wyoming at a Glance
• M.4 Failed Bank List

N. Crucial Laws for the Banking Industry

O. Current Financial Health of the US Banking Industry

P. World' s Safest Banks

Q. Analyzing the US Hedge Funds Industry

• Q.1 Market Profile
• Q.2 Performance of Hedge Funds
• Q.3 Hedge Fund Transparency Act of 2009
  • Q.3.1 Background
  • Q.3.2 New Conditions for Exemption

R. Analyzing Foreign Exchange in the US

• R.1 US Reserves
• R.2 US Currency

S. Analyzing the Insurance Industry in the US

• S.1 Market Profile
• S.2 Present Situation
  • S.2.1 Life Insurers
  • S.2.2 Property & Casualty Insurers
  • S.2.3 Reinsurers

T. Analyzing the Derivatives Market

U. Analyzing the Mutual Funds Market

• U.1 Market Profile
  • U.1.1 Demographics
  • U.2.2 Employment Status and Household Income
  • U.2.3 Financial Demographics
• U.3 Trends in US Mutual Fund Investing
• U.4 Stock Funds
• U.5 Bond Funds
• U.6 Closed-End Fund Assets
• U.7 Exchange-Traded Fund Assets
• U.8 Unit Investment Trust Data
• U.9 Money Market Funds
• U.10 Funds of Funds
• U.11 Worldwide Mutual Fund Assets and Flows

V. Analyzing the Bond Markets

• V.1 Market Profile
• V.2 Current Situation

W. Leading Industry Contributors

• W.1 Aetna
  • W.1.1 Corporate Profile
  • W.1.2 Business Segment Analysis
  • W.1.3 SWOT Analysis
• W.2 Bank of America
  • W.2.1 Corporate Profile
  • W.2.2 Business Segment Analysis
  • W.2.3 SWOT Analysis
• W.3 Capital One Financial Corporation
  • W.3.1 Corporate Profile
  • W.3.2 Business Segment Analysis
  • W.3.3 SWOT Analysis
• W.4 CIGNA Corporation
  • W.4.1 Corporate Profile
  • W.4.2 Business Segment Analysis
  • W.4.3 SWOT Analysis
• W.5 Citigroup Inc
  • W.5.1 Corporate Profile
  • W.5.2 Business Segment Analysis
  • W.5.3 SWOT Analysis
• W.6 Health Net Inc
  • W.6.1 Corporate Profile
  • W.6.2 Business Segment Analysis
  • W.6.3 SWOT Analysis
• W.7 JP Morgan Chase & Company
  • W.7.1 Corporate Profile
  • W.7.2 Business Segment Analysis
  • W.7.3 SWOT Analysis
• W.8 PNC Financial Services
  • W.8.1 Corporate Profile
  • W.8.2 Business Segment Analysis
  • W.8.3 SWOT Analysis
• W.9 State Street Corporation
  • W.9.1 Corporate Profile
  • W.9.2 Business Segment Analysis
  • W.9.3 SWOT Analysis
• W.10 SunTrust Banks
  • W.10.1 Corporate Profile
  • W.10.2 Business Segment Analysis
  • W.10.3 SWOT Analysis
• W.11 The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
  • W.11.1 Corporate Profile
  • W.11.2 Business Segment Analysis
  • W.11.3 SWOT Analysis
• W.12 U.S. Bancorp
  • W.12.1 Corporate Profile
  • W.12.2 Business Segment Analysis
  • W.12.3 SWOT Analysis
• W.13 Wells Fargo & Company
  • W.13.1 Corporate Profile
  • W.13.2 Business Segment Analysis
  • W.13.3 SWOT Analysis
• W.14 WellPoint, Inc
  • W.14.1 Corporate Profile
  • W.14.2 Business Segment Analysis
  • W.14.3 SWOT Analysis

X. Appendix

• X.1 Global Financial Services Industry - Porter' s Five Forces Strategy Analysis
  • X.1.1 Bargaining Power of Buyers
  • X.1.2 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
  • X.1.3 Competitive Rivalry in the Industry
  • X.1.4 Threat of New Entrants
  • X.1.5 Threat of Substitutes

Y. Glossary of Terms