Question

Nichols Enterprises has an investment in 26,000 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 $13 per bond, but Nichols believes the market has not appreciated the full value of the Elliott bonds and that a more accurate price is $22 per bond. Nichols should carry the Elliott investment on its balance sheet at: Multiple Choice $455,000, the midpoint of Nichols's range of reasonably likely valuations of Elliott $572,000 O $338,000 Either $338,000 or $572,000, as either are defensible valuations

Answer 1

Answer: c. $338,000

= 26,000 shares*$13 = $338,000

Shares will carried at a price of $13

Hence 338,000 is correct.