Research Capital, an investment banking company, has extra cash to invest. Suppose Research Capital buys 1,000 shares
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1. What type of investment is this to Research Capital? Give the reason for your answer.
2. Record Research Capital's purchase of the Potash shares on December 15 and the adjustment to fair value on December 31.
3. Show how Research Capital would report this investment on its balance sheet at December
31 and any gain or loss on its income statement for the year ended December 31, 2014.
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Financial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0133472264
5th Canadian edition
Authors: Charles Horngren, William Thomas, Walter Harrison, Greg Berberich, Catherine Seguin
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