(Accounting for different types of investments in securities, LO 1, 2,3) State how the investor corporation would account for the following investments. Explain your choice.

a. Purchase of $1,000,000 of bonds that management intends to hold until they mature in three years.

b. Investment in non-voting shares of a private corporation. Management hopes to sell the shares within six months.

c. Investment in voting shares of a private corporation. The investment represents 15% of the voting shares of the corporation. One person owns the remaining shares.

d. Investment in 52% of the voting shares of a private corporation. One person owns the remaining shares.

e. Investment in 30% of the voting shares of a public corporation. The investor corporation is the largest single investor in the public corporation and it has five representatives on its board of directors.

f. Investment in 60% of the voting shares of a public corporation. The investor corporation intends to sell its investment within six months.