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Financial Instruments (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Financial Instruments [Abstract] |
Schedule of Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions | At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the volume of our derivative activities based on their notional exposure, categorized by primary underlying risk, is as follows:
| March 31, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
| Long Notional Exposure |  | Short Notional Exposure |  | Long Notional Exposure |  | Short Notional Exposure
Primary underlying risk: | (in millions)
Credit swaps(1) | $ | 311 |  |  | $ | 1,738 |  |  | $ | 389 |  |  | $ | 1,493 |
Equity swaps | 1 |  |  | 13,113 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 11,312 |
Foreign currency forwards | — |  |  | 1,088 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,578 |
Interest rate swap contracts(2) | — |  |  | 137 |  |  | — |  |  | 137 |
Commodity contracts | 42 |  |  | 749 |  |  | 36 |  |  | 234 |
(1) | The short notional amount on our credit default swap positions is approximately $10.9 billion and $9.3 billion as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. However, because credit spreads cannot compress below zero, our downside short notional exposure to loss is approximately $1.7 billion and $1.5 billion as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
(2) | The short notional amount on certain of our interest rate contracts with a three month duration is approximately $16.0 billion as of both March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014. We assume that interest rates will not fall below zero and therefore our downside short notional exposure to loss on these contracts is $74 million (of the total $137 million disclosed in the above table) as of both March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
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:
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments |  | Asset Derivatives(1) |  | Liability Derivatives(2)
| March 31, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014 |  | March 31, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
|  | (in millions)
Equity contracts |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 706 |  |  | $ | 539 |
Foreign exchange contracts |  | 12 |  |  | 11 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Credit contracts |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 166 |  |  | 85 |
Interest rate swap contracts |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Commodity contracts |  | 70 |  |  | 47 |  |  | 34 |  |  | — |
Sub-total |  | 111 |  |  | 60 |  |  | 906 |  |  | 624 |
Netting across contract types(3) |  | (46 | ) |  | (10 | ) |  | (46 | ) |  | (10 | )
Total(3) |  | $ | 65 |  |  | $ | 50 |  |  | $ | 860 |  |  | $ | 614 |
(1) | Net asset derivatives are located within other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
(2) | Net liability derivatives are located within accrued expenses and other liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
(3) | Excludes netting of cash collateral received and posted. The total collateral posted at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 was approximately $1.8 billion and $1.2 billion, 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 three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:
|  | Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income(1)
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments |  | Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
|  | (in millions)
Equity contracts |  | $ | (165 | ) |  | $ | (176 | )
Foreign exchange contracts |  | 174 |  |  | — |
Credit contracts |  | (29 | ) |  | (6 | )
Commodity contracts |  | 19 |  |  | 131 |
|  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | (51 | )
(1) | Gains (losses) recognized on derivatives are classified in net gain (loss) from investment activities in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for our Investment segment and are included in other (loss) income, net for all other segments.
Schedule of Cash Flow Hedging Instruments, Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location | The following table presents the consolidated fair values of our derivative instruments that are designated as cash flow hedging instruments:
Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedging Instruments |  | Asset Derivatives(1) |  | Liability Derivatives(2)
| March 31, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014 |  | March 31, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
|  | (in millions)
Interest rate swap contracts |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1 |
Commodity contracts |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |
Sub-total |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 3 |
Netting across contract types |  | (2 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (1 | )
Total |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2 |
(1) | Located within other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
(2) | Located within accrued expenses and other liabilities in our condensed 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 condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
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)
|  | (in millions) |  | (in millions) |  |
Commodity contracts |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | Cost of goods sold
Foreign currency contracts |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | Cost of goods sold
|  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  |
Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
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)
|  | (in millions) |  | (in millions) |  |
Commodity contracts |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | Cost of goods sold
Foreign currency contracts |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | Cost of goods sold
|  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | (2 | ) |  |

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