Brooks Co. purchases various investments in trading securities at a cost of $66,000 on December 27, 2008.
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Brooks Co. purchases various investments in trading securities at a cost of $66,000 on December 27, 2008. (This is its first and only purchase of such securities.) At December 31, 2008, these securities had a market value of $72,000.
1 Prepare the December 31, 2008, year-end adjusting entry for the trading securities’ portfolio.
2 Explain how each account in the entry of part 1 is reported in financial statements.
3 Prepare the January 3, 2009, entry when Brooks sells a portion of its trading securities (that had originally cost $33,000) for $35,000.
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Authors: John J. Wild
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