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Investments and Related Matters | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Investments and Related Matters [Abstract] |
Investments and Related Matters | Investments and Related Matters. Investment Investments, and securities sold, not yet purchased consist of equities, bonds, bank debt and other corporate obligations, all of which are reported at fair value in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. These investments are considered trading securities. In addition, our Investment segment has certain derivative transactions which are discussed in Note 6, "Financial Instruments - Investment." The carrying value and detail of security type and business sector with respect to investments and securities sold, not yet purchased held by our Investment segment consist of the following:
| March 31, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
Assets | (in millions)
Investments: |  |  |
Equity securities: |  |  |
Basic materials | $ | 860 |  |  | $ | 563 |
Communications | 218 |  |  | 407 |
Consumer, non-cyclical | 3,035 |  |  | 3,684 |
Consumer, cyclical | 163 |  |  | 115 |
Diversified | 16 |  |  | 17 |
Energy | 1,292 |  |  | 1,461 |
Financial | 1,921 |  |  | 2,094 |
Industrial | 222 |  |  | 188 |
Technology | 1,274 |  |  | 5,795 |
| 9,001 |  |  | 14,324 |
Corporate debt: |  |  |
Consumer, cyclical | 116 |  |  | 55 |
Financial | 4 |  |  | 4 |
Sovereign debt | — |  |  | 13 |
Utilities | 12 |  |  | — |
| 132 |  |  | 72 |
Mortgage-backed securities: |  |  |
Financial | 138 |  |  | 157 |
| $ | 9,271 |  |  | $ | 14,553 |
Liabilities |  |  |
Securities sold, not yet purchased, at fair value: |  |  |
Equity securities: |  |  |
Consumer, non-cyclical | $ | — |  |  | $ | 794 |
Consumer, cyclical | 847 |  |  | — |
Financial | 151 |  |  | — |
| 998 |  |  | 794 |
Debt securities: |  |  |
Consumer, cyclical | 54 |  |  | — |
| $ | 1,052 |  |  | $ | 794 |
The portion of trading gains (loss) that relates to trading securities still held by our Investment segment for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 was $(174) million and $458 million, respectively. Other Segments The carrying value of investments held by our other segments and our Holding Company consist of the following:
| March 31, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
| (in millions)
Equity method investments | $ | 340 |  |  | $ | 323 |
Other investments | 415 |  |  | 475 |
| $ | 755 |  |  | $ | 798 |

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