INVESTMENT SECURITIES |
Our investments as of September 30, 2016 and December
31, 2015 are classified as held-to-maturity. Held-to-maturity investments are recorded at amortized cost. During the three months
ended September 30, 2016, we liquidated our long-term investment securities with a net carrying amount of approximately $12.6 million,
realizing a gain of approximately $33,000 on the sale. The decision to sell our long-term securities was made due to market rate
conditions on long-term securities coupled with the recognized gain we were able to yield on the sale of the securities.
The following tables summarize our investment
securities at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015:
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September 30, 2016 |
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Amortized cost, as adjusted |
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Gross unrealized holding gains |
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Gross unrealized holding losses |
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Estimated fair value |
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Short-term investments: |
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Obligations of domestic governmental agencies (maturing between October 2016 and September 2017) (held-to-maturity) |
|
$ |
31,445,616 |
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|
$ |
19,363 |
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|
$ |
-- |
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|
$ |
31,464,979 |
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Total short-term investment securities |
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$ |
31,445,616 |
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|
$ |
19,363 |
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$ |
-- |
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|
$ |
31,464,979 |
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December 31, 2015 |
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Amortized cost, as adjusted |
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Gross unrealized holding gains |
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Gross unrealized holding losses |
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Estimated fair value |
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Short-term investments: |
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Obligations of domestic governmental agencies (maturing between January 2016 and December 2016) (held-to-maturity) |
|
$ |
22,166,512 |
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|
$ |
-- |
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|
$ |
22,822 |
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|
$ |
22,143,690 |
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Long-term investments: |
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Obligations of domestic governmental agencies (maturing between January 2017 and December 2017) (held-to-maturity) |
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25,003,032 |
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-- |
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|
|
85,846 |
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24,917,186 |
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Total short-term and long-term investment securities |
|
$ |
47,169,544 |
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|
$ |
-- |
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|
$ |
108,668 |
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|
$ |
47,060,876 |
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