Question

Nichols Enterprises has an investment in 31,500 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 $10 per bond, but Nichols believes the market has not appreciated the full value of the Elliott bonds and that a more accurate price is $23 per bond. Nichols should carry the Elliott investment on its balance sheet at:

Answer 1

Answer: $315,000

Explanation:

From the question, we are informed that Nichols Enterprises has an investment in 31,500 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 $10 per bond, but Nichols believes the market has not appreciated the full value of the Elliott bonds and that a more accurate price is $23 per bond.

To get the amount that Nichols should carry on the balance sheet as Elliott investment, we multiply the bond invested by the price per bond. This will be:

= 31,500 × $10

= $315,000