Amalgamated General Corporation is a consulting firm that also offers financial services through its credit division. From time to time the company buys and sells securities. The following selected transactions relate to Amalgamated's investment activities during the last quarter of 2021 and the first month of 2022. The only securities held by Amalgamated at October 1, 2021 were $52 million of 10% bonds of Kansas Abstractors, Inc., purchased on May 1, 2021 at face value and held in Amalgamated's trading securities portfolio. The company's fiscal year ends on December 31. 2021 Oct. 18 Purchased 2 million shares of Millwork Ventures Company common stock for $83 million. Millwork has a total of 52 million shares issued. 31 Received semiannual interest of $2.6 million from the Kansas Abstractors bonds. Nov. 1 Purchased 10% bonds of Holistic Entertainment Enterprises at their $18 million face value, to be held until they mature in 2031. Semiannual interest is payable April 30 and October 31. 1 Sold the Kansas Abstractors bonds for $50 million because rising interest rates are expected to cause their fair value to continue to fall. No unrealized gains and losses had been recorded on these bonds previously. Dec. 1 Purchased 12% bonds of Household Plastics Corporation at their $ 60 million face value, to be held until they mature in 2031. Semiannual interest is payable May 31 and November 30. 20 Purchased U. S. Treasury bonds for $6.7 million as trading securities, hoping to earn profits on short-term differences in prices. 21 Purchased 4 million shares of NXS Corporation's 66 million shares of common stock for $66 million, planning to hold these shares until market conditions encourage their sale. 23 Sold the Treasury bonds for $7.1 million. 29 Received cash dividends of $11 million from the Millwork Ventures Company shares of common stock. 31 Recorded any necessary adjusting entries relating to the investments. The market price of the Millwork Ventures Company common stock was $36.00 per share and $19.00 per share for the NXS Corporation common stock. The fair values of the bond investments were $58.7 million for Household Plastics Corporation and $16.7 million for Holistic Entertainment Enterprises. 2022 Jan. 7 Sold the NXS Corporation common stock shares for $61 million. No Date General Journal Debit Credit 1 Oct 18, 2021 Investment in bonds X 83.0 Cash ol 83.0 N 2 Oct 31, 2021 Cash 2.6 Interest revenue 2.6 3 3 Nov 01, 2021 18.0 Investment in bonds Cash OO 18.0 > 4 Nov 01, 2021 Cash x 50.0 X X 5.0 x Loss on investment (unrealized, NI) Investment in bonds 55.0 5 Nov 01, 2021 Cash X Loss on investment (NI) Investment in bonds x 6 Dec 01, 2021 Investment in bonds Cash X 7 Dec 20, 2021 Investment in equity securities Cash 8 Dec 21, 2021 Investment in bonds Cash 9 Dec 23, 2021 Cash Investment in equity securities Gain on investment (NI) 10 Dec 23, 2021 Cash XIX 11 Dec 29, 2021 Fair value adjustment Interest revenue 12 Dec 31, 2021 Fair value adjustment Dividend revenue 13 Dec 31, 2021 Investment in equity securities BIX Interest revenue 11 Dec 29, 2021 x x Fair value adjustment Interest revenue x X 12 Dec 31, 2021 x X Fair value adjustment Dividend revenue x 13 Dec 31, 2021 X Investment in equity securities Interest revenue 14 Dec 31, 2021 x X Fair value adjustment Loss on investment (unrealized, NI) X 15 Jan 07, 2022 X Fair value adjustment Gain on investment (unrealized, NI) X x 16 Jan 07, 2022 Cash Loss on investment (NI) Investment in bonds *Red text indicates no response was expected in a cell or a formula-based calculation is incorrect; no points deducted
