Presented below are three unrelated situations involving equity investments. Situation 1 A debt investment portfolio, whose fair
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Situation 1
A debt investment portfolio, whose fair value is currently less than cost, is classified as trading but is to be reclassified as held-for-collection.
Situation 2
A debt investment portfolio with an aggregate fair value in excess of cost includes one particular debt investment whose fair value has declined to less than one-half of the original cost. The decline in value is considered to be permanent.
Situation 3
The portfolio of trading equity investments has a cost in excess of fair value of $13,500. The portfolio of non-trading equity investments has a fair value in excess of cost of $28,600.
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What is the effect upon carrying value and earnings for each of the situations above?
Portfolio
A portfolio is a grouping of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies and cash equivalents, as well as their fund counterparts, including mutual, exchange-traded and closed funds. A portfolio can also consist of non-publicly...
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Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-0470616314
IFRS edition volume 2
Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, Terry D. Warfield
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