Question

Nichols Enterprises has an investment in 250 bonds of Elliott Electronics that Nichols accounts for as a security available for sale. Elliott bonds are publicly traded, and The Wall Street Journal quotes a price for those bonds of $1,000 per bond, but Nichols believes the market has not appreciated the full value of the Elliott bonds and that a more accurate price is $1,200 per bond. Nichols should carry the Elliott investment on its balance sheet at what?

Answer 1

Answer:

The value per bond must be $1000

Explanation:

The reason is that the short term investments must be valued at current fair market value which is $1000 per bond today so the perceived value of the unit bond which is $1200 per bond is irrelevant here.

The amount recorded = Number of bonds * Current market value

The amount recorded = 250 * $1000 = $250,000