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Equity Securities, FV-NI, Number of Shares Acquired

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Equity Securities, FV-NI, Number of Shares Disposed

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Equity Securities, FV-NI, Number of Shares Outstanding

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The maximum percent increase in the unsold permitted amount in future quarters.

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Amount of investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

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Amount of unrealized and realized gain (loss) on investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

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Amount of realized gain (loss) from sale of investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

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Amount of dividend income on nonoperating securities.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow associated with the sale of securities classified as trading securities and held for investment purposes. Excludes proceeds from trading securities purchased and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term (thus held for only a short period of time).

No definition available.