Rantzow-Lear Company buys and sells debt securities expecting to earn profits on short-term differences in price, and holds these investments in its trading portfolio. The companys fiscal year ends on December 31. The following selected transactions relating to Rantzow-Lears trading account occurred during December 2024 and the first week of 2025.

December 17, 2024 Purchased 100 Grocers' Supply Corporation bonds at par for $350,000.

December 28, 2024 Received interest of $2,000 from the Grocers Supply Corporation bonds.

December 31, 2024 Recorded any necessary adjusting entry relating to the Grocers Supply Corporation bonds. The market price of the bond was $4,000 per bond.

January 5, 2025 Sold the Grocers' Supply Corporation bonds for $395,000.

Required:

1. Prepare the appropriate journal entry or entries for each transaction.
2. Indicate any amounts that Rantzow-Lear Company would report in its 2024 balance sheet and income statement as a result of this investment. Ignore income taxes.