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Financial Instruments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Financial Instruments [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments, Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location | The following table presents the consolidated fair values of our derivatives that are not designated as hedging instruments:
|  | Asset Derivatives(1) |  | Liability Derivatives(2)
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments |  | December 31, |  | December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  | (in millions)
Equity contracts |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | 654 |  |  | $ | 35 |
Foreign exchange contracts |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 59 |
Commodity contracts |  | 17 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 33 |  |  | 74 |
Sub-total |  | 18 |  |  | 29 |  |  | 687 |  |  | 168 |
Netting across contract types(3) |  | (17 | ) |  | (7 | ) |  | (17 | ) |  | (7 | )
Total(3) |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 670 |  |  | $ | 161 |
(1) | Net asset derivatives are located within other assets in our consolidated balance sheets.
(2) | Net liability derivatives are located within accrued expenses and other liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets.
(3) | Excludes netting of cash collateral received and posted. The total collateral posted at December 31, 2013 and 2012 was $255 million and $148 million, respectively, across all counterparties.
The following table presents the effects of our derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011:
|  | Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income(1)
|  | Year Ended December 31,
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  | (in millions)
Equity contracts |  | $ | (2,167 | ) |  | $ | (1,082 | ) |  | $ | (39 | )
Foreign exchange contracts |  | (80 | ) |  | (78 | ) |  | 7 |
Credit contracts |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | 18 |
Futures index spread |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 20 |
Commodity contracts |  | 64 |  |  | (180 | ) |  | — |
|  | $ | (2,183 | ) |  | $ | (1,339 | ) |  | $ | 6 |
(1) | Gains (losses) recognized on derivatives are classified in net gain from investment activities in our consolidated statements of operations for our Investment segment and are included in other income (loss), net for all other segments.
Schedule of Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions | At December 31, 2013, the volume of our derivative activities based on their notional exposure, categorized by primary underlying risk, are as follows:
| Long Notional Exposure |  | Short Notional Exposure
Primary underlying risk: | (in millions)
Equity swaps | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 10,508 |
Foreign currency forwards | 12 |  |  | 1,676 |
Interest rate swap contracts | — |  |  | 63 |
Commodity contracts | 60 |  |  | 669 |
Schedule of Cash Flow Hedging Instruments, Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location | The following table presents the fair values of our derivative instruments that are designated as cash flow hedging instruments:
|  | Asset Derivatives(1) |  | Liability Derivatives(2)
Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedging Instruments |  | December 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012 |  | December 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
|  | (in millions)
Interest rate swap contracts |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 13 |
Commodity contracts |  | 1 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |
Foreign currency contracts |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |
Sub-total |  | 1 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 14 |
Netting across contract types |  | (1 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (2 | )
Total |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 12 |
(1) | Located within other assets in our consolidated balance sheets.
(2) | Located within accrued expenses and other liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets.
Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) in Statement of Financial Performance | The following tables present the effect of our derivative instruments that are designated as cash flow hedging instruments on our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011:
Year Ended December 31, 2013
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments |  | Amount of (Loss) Gain Recognized in OCI on Derivatives (Effective Portion) |  | Amount of Loss Reclassified from AOCI into Income (Effective Portion) |  | Location of Loss Reclassified from AOCI into Income (Effective Portion) |  | Amount of Loss Recognized in Income on Derivatives (Ineffective Portion) |  | Location of Loss Recognized in Income on Derivatives (Ineffective Portion)
|  | (in millions) |  | (in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap contracts |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (9 | ) |  | Interest expense |  | $ | — |  |  |
Commodity contracts |  | (7 | ) |  | (5 | ) |  | Cost of goods sold |  | — |  |  |
Foreign currency contracts |  | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | Cost of goods sold |  | — |  |  |
|  | $ | (7 | ) |  | $ | (14 | ) |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  |
Year Ended December 31, 2012
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments |  | Amount of (Loss) Gain Recognized in OCI on Derivatives (Effective Portion) |  | Amount of (Loss) Gain Reclassified from AOCI into Income (Effective Portion) |  | Location of (Loss) Gain Reclassified from AOCI into Income (Effective Portion) |  | Amount of Loss Recognized in Income on Derivatives (Ineffective Portion) |  | Location of Loss Recognized in Income on Derivatives (Ineffective Portion)
|  | (in millions) |  | (in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap contracts |  | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | (38 | ) |  | Interest expense |  | $ | — |  |  |
Commodity contracts |  | 7 |  |  | (10 | ) |  | Cost of goods sold |  | — |  |  |
Foreign currency contracts |  | (2 | ) |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |
|  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (47 | ) |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  |
Year Ended December 31, 2011
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments |  | Amount of (Loss) Gain Recognized in OCI on Derivatives (Effective Portion) |  | Amount of (Loss) Gain Reclassified from AOCI into Income (Effective Portion) |  | Location of (Loss) Gain Reclassified from AOCI into Income (Effective Portion) |  | Amount of Loss Recognized in Income on Derivatives (Ineffective Portion) |  | Location of Loss Recognized in Income on Derivatives (Ineffective Portion)
|  | (in millions) |  | (in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap contracts |  | $ | (13 | ) |  | $ | (39 | ) |  | Interest expense |  | $ | — |  |  |
Commodity contracts |  | (22 | ) |  | 5 |  |  | Cost of goods sold |  | (1 | ) |  | Other income, net
Foreign currency contracts |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | Cost of goods sold |  | — |  |  |
|  | $ | (32 | ) |  | $ | (34 | ) |  |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  |

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