Question

On January 2013, Pennington Bancorp acquired $100,000 of marketable securities and classified them as Available for Sale. On March 31, 2013, Pennington prepared its 10-Q and marked the securities down to their market value of $85,000. On April 4, 2013, Pennington sold the securities for $93,000 cash. Which of the following items would be increased by the sale of the marketable securities?
a. Cash from Financing Activities
b. Net Income
c. Marketable Securities
d. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
e. Cash from Investing Activities

Answer 1

Answer:

b. Net Income

e. Cash from Investing Activities

Explanation:

Calculation to determine Which of the following items would be increased by the sale of the marketable securities

Using this formula

Gain from investment = Selling price of the security - Value of the security

Let plug in the formula

Gain from investment= $93,000 - $85,000

Gain from investment= $8,000

Based on the above calculation The sell of marketable security will INCREASE CASH which means that CASH FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES will increase and NET INCOME will increase.

Therefore the items that would be increased by the sale of the marketable securities are :

b. Net Income

e. Cash from Investing Activities