Questions.

1.List the names of the 10 banks you selected.

2.Which bank has the most decrease in availableforsale securities?Draw a graph that shows the trend over the sample period.

3.Why did this bank experience the decrease in availableforsale securities?Find sources that support your answer from financial statements, news articles, and other sources. Provide links to your sources.

4.Which bank has the most increase in heldtomaturity securities? Draw a graph that shows the trend over the sample period.

5.Why did this bank experience the increase in heldtomaturity securities? Find sources that support your answer from financial statements, news articles, and other sources. Provide links to your sources.

6.What did you find most useful about using XBRL?As a professional accountant, how would you use XBRL?

7.What did you find most troubling about using XBRL?