Rantzow-Lear Company buys and sells debt securities expecting to earn profits on short-term differences in price. The

Question:

Rantzow-Lear Company buys and sells debt securities expecting to earn profits on short-term differences in price. The company's fiscal year ends on December 31. The following selected transactions relating to Rantzow-Lear's trading account occurred during December 2018 and the first week of 2019.

2018

Dec. 17 Purchased 100 Grocers' Supply Corporation bonds at par for $350,000.

28 Received interest of $2,000 from the Grocers' Supply Corporation bonds.

31 Recorded any necessary adjusting entry relating to the Grocers' Supply Corporation bonds. The market price of the stock was $4,000 per bond.

2019

Jan. 5 Sold the Grocers' Supply Corporation bonds for $395,000.

Required:

1. Prepare the appropriate journal entry for each transaction.

2. Indicate any amounts that Rantzow-Lear Company would report in its 2018 balance sheet and income statement as a result of this investment.

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