Fair Value Disclosures

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Note 2. Fair Value Disclosures

The following table presents fair values for those assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the measurements fall. No transfer among the levels within the fair value hierarchy occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2014.

	Fair Value
	Level	March 31, 2014 (unaudited)		December 31, 2013 (audited)
Investments in marketable securities	1	$	73,299	$	106,097

For the three months ended March 31, 2014 the Company recorded a realized gain of $3,748, which comprises of a realized gain of $51,884 and an unrealized loss of $48,136 transferred from accumulated other comprehensive loss to earnings, on the sale of investments in available-for-sale securities. For the three months ended March 31, 2014 the Company recorded an unrealized gain of $2,800 on investments in available-for-sale securities.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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