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Insurance and Interconnectedness in the Financial Services Industry

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FIGURE 4<br />

Pr<strong>in</strong>cipal components analysis of <strong>the</strong> monthly return <strong>in</strong>dexes for <strong>the</strong> overall sample of brokers,<br />

banks, <strong>in</strong>surers, FHCs, <strong>and</strong> hedge funds from December 1996 to December 2010<br />

Illustrated are <strong>the</strong> 36-­‐month roll<strong>in</strong>g-­‐w<strong>in</strong>dow eigenvalues for pr<strong>in</strong>cipal components PCA1<br />

through PCA5.<br />

VariaOon expla<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

100%<br />

90%<br />

80%<br />

70%<br />

60%<br />

50%<br />

40%<br />

30%<br />

20%<br />

10%<br />

0%<br />

Dec-­‐96<br />

Aug-­‐97<br />

Apr-­‐98<br />

Dec-­‐98<br />

PCA1 PCA2 PCA3 PCA4 PCA5<br />

Aug-­‐99<br />

Apr-­‐00<br />

Dec-­‐00<br />

Aug-­‐01<br />

Apr-­‐02<br />

Dec-­‐02<br />

Aug-­‐03<br />

Apr-­‐04<br />

Month<br />

Dec-­‐04<br />

Aug-­‐05<br />

Apr-­‐06<br />

Dec-­‐06<br />

Aug-­‐07<br />

Apr-­‐08<br />

Dec-­‐08<br />

Aug-­‐09<br />

Apr-­‐10<br />

Dec-­‐10<br />

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