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SEC GPRA Report:
Industry Statistics

  1980 1985 1990 1995 1996
Stock Market
Total Market Value of U.S. Stocks
   ($ billions)
$1,446 $2,322 $3,101 $6,057 $7,100
Trading Volume on Exchanges and Nasdaq
   (shares in billions)
22 58 87 207 264
Dollar Volume Traded on Exchanges
   and Nasdaq ($ billions)
$545 $1,434 $2,069 $5,940 $7,807
 
Public Offerings
*Dollar Amount of Securities Registration
   Statements Filed with the SEC ($ billions)
$104 $323 $379 $824 $1,200
Value of Public Offerings - excludes
   private placements ($ billions)
$58 $138 $312 $768 $1,045
Value of IPO's - firm commitment equity
   offerings only ($ billions)
$1.4 $8.3 $4.5 $30 $50
 
Foreign Securities/Interests
Foreign Companies Registered with
   the SEC
n/a 272 434 744 843
Foreign Issuer Offerings in U.S. Markets -
   includes private placements ($ billions)
n/a $8.0 $30.1 $75.9 $143.9
Foreign Purchases and Sales of
   U.S. Securities ($ billions)
$198 $1,256 $4,204 $7,244 $8,306
Purchases and Sales of Foreign Securities
   ($ billions)
$53 $212 $907 $2,569 $1,301
 
Managed Funds
Investment Companies:
  *Number of Portfolios 3,600 9,200 16,338 23,139 24,265
  *Assets under Management ($ billions) $235 $591 $1,350 $3,062 $3,794
  *Assets as Percentage of Bank Deposits 24% 38% 64% 127% 150%
 
Investment Advisers:
  *Assets under Management ($ billions) $440 $1,200 $4,900 $10,600 $10,700
 
Mutual Funds:
  Assets of Portfolios ($ billions) $135 $496 $1,067 $2,820 $3,540
  Number of Portfolios 564 1,528 3,105 5,761 6,293
  Assets as Percentage of Bank Deposits 14% 32% 50% 116% 137%
  Ownership by Households ($ billions) ** $46 $198 $468 $1,248 $1,583
  Net Sales of Mutual Funds as a
  Percentage of Personal Savings
19% 41% 43% 113% 170%
 
Bank Deposits ($ billions)1 $977 $1,572 $2,134 $2,438 $2,584

* Fiscal year data. All other data are calendar year.
** Excludes money market funds.
1 This does not include U.S. government or foreign institutions deposits.
n/a = Not available.

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Modified: 11/06/97