Jetway Corporation generated excess cash and invested in securities as follows: 2018 Jul. 2 Purchased 4,200 shares

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Jetway Corporation generated excess cash and invested in securities as follows:
2018
Jul. 2 Purchased 4,200 shares of Pogo, Inc. common stock at $12.00 per share.
Jetway plans to sell the stock within three months, when the company will need the cash for normal operations. Jetway does not have significant influence over Pogo.
Aug. 21 Received a cash dividend of $0.80 per share on the Pogo stock investment.
Sep. 16 Sold the Pogo stock for $13.40 per share.
Oct. 1 Purchased a Violet bond for $20,000 at face value. Jetway classifies the investment as trading and short-term.
Dec. 31 Received a $100 interest payment from Violet.
31 Adjusted the Violet bond to its market value of $22,000.
Requirements
1. Classify each of the investments made during 2018. (Assume the equity investments represent less than 20% of ownership of outstanding voting stock.)
2. Journalize the 2018 transactions. Explanations are not required.
3. Prepare T-accounts for the investment assets, and show how to report the investments on Jetway's balance sheet at December 31, 2018.
4. Where is the unrealized holding gain or loss associated with the trading debt investment reported?
Common Stock
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Balance Sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
Corporation
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Dividend
A dividend is a distribution of a portion of company’s earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to the shareholders. Dividends are given on the shares. It is a token reward paid to the shareholders for their...
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