Balance Sheet Presentation of Available-for-Sale Investments

During Year 1, its first year of operations, Galileo Company purchased two available-for-sale investments as follows:

Security	Shares Purchased	Cost
Hawking Inc.	610		$22,021
Pavlov Co.	1,650		31,020

Assume that as of December 31, Year 1, the Hawking Inc. stock had a market value of $43 per share and the Pavlov Co. stock had a market value of $34 per share. Galileo Company had net income of $170,300 and paid no dividends for the year ending December 31, Year 1. All of the available-for-sale investments are classified as current assets.

a. Prepare the Current Assets section of the balance sheet presentation for the available-for-sale investments.

Galileo Company
Balance Sheet (selected items)
December 31, Year 1
Assets
Current Assets:
	$
		$

b. Prepare the Stockholders' Equity section of the balance sheet to reflect the earnings and unrealized gain (loss) for the available-for-sale investments.

Galileo Company
Balance Sheet (selected Stockholders' Equity items)
December 31, Year 1
Stockholders' Equity
	$