Owen Corporation, which has begun investing in trading securities, engaged in the following transactions: Jan. 6 Purchased

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Owen Corporation, which has begun investing in trading securities, engaged in the following transactions:

Jan. 6 Purchased 7,000 shares of Google stock, $60 per share.

Feb. 15 Purchased 9,000 shares of Starbucks, $44 per share.

At year end on June 30, Google was trading at $80 per share, and Starbucks was trading at $36 per share.

Record the entries for the purchases. Then record the necessary year-end adjusting entry. (Include a schedule of the trading portfolio cost and market in the explanation.) Also record the entry in journal form for the sale of all the Starbucks shares on August 20 for $32 per share. Is the last entry affected by the June 30 adjustment?

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Financial and Managerial Accounting

ISBN: 978-1439037805

9th edition

Authors: Belverd E. Needles, Marian Powers, Susan V. Crosson

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