Insurance and Interconnectedness in the Financial Services Industry
Insurance and Interconnectedness in the Financial Services Industry
Insurance and Interconnectedness in the Financial Services Industry
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Table 2, Panel B, cont<strong>in</strong>ued<br />
Eigenvectors correspond<strong>in</strong>g to pr<strong>in</strong>cipal<br />
components<br />
Sample Period Portfolio PCA1 PCA2 PCA3 PCA4<br />
2005 through 2008 Brokers 0.3753 0.1234 0.0471 -‐0.3208<br />
Banks 0.3471 -‐0.3834 -‐0.0797 -‐0.4877<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ancial hold<strong>in</strong>g companies 0.3195 -‐0.3600 0.4450 -‐0.0757<br />
Hedge funds 0.2606 0.6086 0.5709 -‐0.1420<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ancial guarantee <strong>in</strong>surers 0.2964 -‐0.4555 0.2775 0.5207<br />
Life <strong>in</strong>surers 0.3743 0.1993 -‐0.1246 0.0071<br />
Accident & health <strong>in</strong>surers 0.3282 0.2916 -‐0.1619 0.5595<br />
Property & casualty <strong>in</strong>surers 0.3277 0.0642 -‐0.5360 -‐0.1473<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r <strong>in</strong>surers 0.3544 -‐0.0372 -‐0.2478 0.1654<br />
2009 through 2010 Brokers 0.3482 0.1128 -‐0.4129 0.1332<br />
Banks 0.3713 -‐0.0815 -‐0.0504 0.0079<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ancial hold<strong>in</strong>g companies 0.3460 0.2088 -‐0.3807 -‐0.2360<br />
Hedge funds 0.2583 0.7077 0.3107 0.5382<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ancial guarantee <strong>in</strong>surers 0.3410 -‐0.1404 -‐0.3504 -‐0.0670<br />
Life <strong>in</strong>surers 0.3429 0.1694 0.2540 -‐0.5558<br />
Accident & health <strong>in</strong>surers 0.3416 -‐0.0166 0.4694 -‐0.3098<br />
Property & casualty <strong>in</strong>surers 0.3029 -‐0.5351 0.4069 0.2602<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r <strong>in</strong>surers 0.3348 -‐0.3181 -‐0.1112 0.3997<br />
Note: PCA <strong>in</strong>dicates a pr<strong>in</strong>cipal component, <strong>in</strong>dicates as PCA1, PCA2, PCA3 <strong>and</strong> PCA4, <strong>in</strong> order of importance <strong>in</strong><br />
expla<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> variation of monthly portfolio returns.<br />
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