Construction Forms Corporation buys securities to be available for sale when circumstances warrant, not to profit from
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Construction Forms Corporation buys securities to be available for sale when circumstances warrant, not to profit from short-term differences in price and not necessarily to hold debt securities to maturity. The following selected transactions relate to investment activities of Construction Forms whose fiscal year ends on December 31. No investments were held by Construction Forms at the beginning of the year.
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1. Prepare the appropriate journal entry for each transaction or event.
2. Show the amounts that would be reported in the company's 2011 income statement relative to these investments.
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Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-0077400163
6th edition
Authors: J. David Spiceland, James Sepe, Mark Nelson
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