Question

Amalgamated General Corporation is a consulting firm that also offers financial services through its credit division. From time to time the company buys and sells securities. The following selected transactions relate to Amalgamated's investment activities during the last quarter of 2018 and the first month of 2019. The only securities held by Amalgamated at October 1 were $40 million of 10% bonds of Kansas Abstractors, Inc., purchased on May 1 at face value and held in Amalgamated's trading portfolio. The company's fiscal year ends on December 31. 2018 Oet. 18 Purchased 2 million preferred shares of Millwork Ventures Company for $57 million. 31 Received semiannual interest of $2.4 million from the Kansas Abstractors bonds. Nov. 1 Purchased 10% bonds of Holistic Entertainment Enterprises at their $102 million face value, to be held until they mature in 2025. Semiannual interest is payable April 30 and October 31. 1 Sold the Kansas Abstractors bonds for $37 million because rising interest rates are expected to cause their fair value to continue to fall. No unrealized gains and losses had been recorded on these bonds previously. Dec. 1 Purchased 128 bonds of Household Plastics Corporation at their $70 million face value, to be held until they mature in 2028. Semiannual interest is payable May 31 and November 30. 20 Purchased U. S. Treasury bonds for $7.2 million as trading securities, hoping to earn profite on short-term differences in prices. 21 Purchased 4 million common shares of NXS Corporation for $48 million, planning to earn profits from dividends or gains if prevailing market conditions encourage sale. 23 Sold the Treasury bonds for $7.5 million. 29 Received cash dividends of $3 million from the Hillwork Ventures Company preferred shares. 31 Recorded any necessary adjusting entry(a) and closing entries relating to the investments. The market price of the Millwork Ventures Company preferred stock was $27.00 per share and $14.00 per share for the NXS Corporation common. The fair values of the bond investments were $57.1 million for Household Plastics Corporation and $18.3 million for Holistic Entertainment Enterprises. 2019 Jan. 7 Sold the NXS Corporation common shares for $47 million. Required: Prepare the appropriate journal entry for each transaction or event. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required in the first account field. Do not found intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in millions rounded to 1 decimal place, i.e., 5,500,000 should be entered as 5.5).)

Answer 1

No.	Date	Account titles and explanation	Debit	Credit
1	October 18, 2018	Investment in Millwork Ventures preferred shares	57
		Cash		57
2	October 31, 2018	Cash	2.4
		Interest revenue		2.4
3	November 1, 2018	Investment in Holistic Entertainment bonds	102
		cash		102
4	November 1, 2018	Unrealized holding loss—NI (40-37)	3
		Fair value adjustment		3
5	November 1, 2018	Cash	37
		Fair value adjustment	3
		Investment in Kansas Abstractors bonds		40
6	December 1, 2018	Investment in Household Plastics bonds	70
		Cash		70
7	December 20, 2018	Investment in U.S. Treasury bonds	7.2
		Cash		7.2
8	December 21, 2018	Investment in NXS common shares	48
		Cash		48
9	December 21, 2018	Fair value adjustment (7.5-7.2)	0.3
		Unrealized holding gain—NI		0.3
10	December 23, 2018	Cash	7.5
		Investment in U.S. Treasury bonds		7.2
		Fair value adjustment		0.3
11	December 29, 2018	Cash	3
		Dividend revenue		3
12	December 31, 2018	Interest receivable - Holistic Entertainment (102*10%*2/12)	1.7
		Interest receivable - Household Plastics (70*12%*1/12)	0.7
		Interest revenue		2.4
		(to record accrued interest)
13	December 31, 2018	Unrealized holding loss—NI	3
		Fair value adjustment ((2*((57/2)-27)		3
14	December 31, 2018	Fair value adjustment (4*(14-(48/4)))	8
		Unrealized holding gain—NI		8
15	January 7, 2019	Unrealized holding loss—NI	9
		Fair value adjustment ((4*14)-47)		9
16	January 7, 2019	Cash	47
		Fair value adjustment	1
		Investment in NXS common shares		48