Problem 12–2
Requirement 1 ($ in millions)
Requirement 2
Requirement 3
Requirement 4
Fuzzy Monkey reports its investment in the December 31, 2018, balance
sheet at its fair value, $70 million in this case. For investments in trading
securities, changes in market values, and thus market returns, provide an
indication of management’s success in deciding when to acquire the
investment, when to sell it, whether to invest in fixed-rate or variable-rate
securities, and whether to invest in long-term or short-term securities.
To do this, we first need to determine the investment’s amortized cost (or
book value) at the end of the year:
Thus, Fuzzy Monkey needs to move from a fair-value adjustment of $0 to
$3.79: