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Investments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

The Company follows the provisions of ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” for its financial assets and liabilities, and for its non-financial assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurements. ASC 820 provides a framework for measuring the fair value of assets and liabilities. This framework is intended to provide increased consistency in how fair value determinations are made under various existing accounting standards that permit, or in some cases, require estimates of fair-market value. This standard also expanded financial statement disclosure requirements about a company’s use of fair-value measurements, including the effect of such measurement on earnings. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method.

The Company’s investments in common stock are stated at fair value based on quoted market prices, and as such are classified as Level 1 assets. The Company determines the fair value of its government securities and corporate bonds by utilizing monthly valuation statements that are provided by its broker. The broker determines the investment valuation by utilizing the bid price in the market and also refers to third party sources to validate valuations, and as such are classified as Level 2 assets.

The Company's certificates of deposit have remaining maturities of less than one year and are considered as Level 1 assets. These investments are carried at cost, which approximates fair value.

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company made technology investments in certain non-consolidated third- parties for ownership interests of less than 20%. These investments do not have readily determinable fair values, and the Company has not identified any observable events that would cause adjustment of the valuation to date, and therefore these investments are held at cost at a total of $3.2 million as of September 30, 2018. These investments are classified within Long-Term Investments in the consolidated balance sheet.

Assets or liabilities that have recurring fair value measurements are shown below as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017:

As of September 30, 2018


			Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
	Total as of		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets		Significant Other Observable		Significant Unobservable Inputs
Description	September 30, 2018		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Cash & Cash Equivalents	$	194,017,041	$	194,017,041	$	—	$	—
Short-Term Investments:
Certificate of Deposit	130,000,000		130,000,000		—		—
Corporate Bonds	4,994,018		—		4,994,018		—
Government Securities	6,691,949		—		6,691,949		—

Other	1,937,574		1,937,574		—		—
Long-Term Investments:
Corporate Bonds	62,393,073		—		62,393,073		—
Government Securities	58,331,619		—		58,331,619		—
Common Stocks	40,000		40,000		—		—



Municipal Bonds	$	17,666,818	$	17,666,818	$	—	$	—
Total	$	476,072,092	$	343,661,433	$	132,410,659	$	—

As of December 31, 2017


			Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
	Total as of		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets		Significant Other Observable Inputs		Significant Unobservable Inputs
Description	December 31, 2017		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Cash & Cash Equivalents	$	569,734,496	$	569,734,496	$	—	$	—
Short-Term Investments:
Certificate of Deposit	130,000,000		130,000,000		—		—
Government Securities	9,011,130		—		9,011,130		—
Mutual Funds	393,581		—		393,581		—
Corporate Bonds	12,944,999		—		12,944,999		—
Other	188,344		188,344		—		—
Long-Term Investments:
Corporate Bonds	3,018,720		—		3,018,720		—
Common Stocks	15,703,371		15,703,371		—		—
Mutual Funds	34,681,337		34,681,337		—		—
Preferred Stock	1,178,991		1,178,991		—		—

Total	$	776,854,969	$	751,486,539	$	25,368,430	$	—

The amortized cost, unrealized gains and losses, and market value of investment securities are shown as of September 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017

As of September 30, 2018:


			Unrealized
	Cost		Gains		Losses		Market Value
Short-Term Investments:
Certificate of Deposit	$	130,000,000	$	—	$	—	$	130,000,000
Government Securities	6,699,555		—		(7,606)		6,691,949

Corporate Bonds	4,998,499		—		(4,481)		4,994,018
Other	1,937,574		—		—		1,937,574
Long-Term Investments:
Corporate Bonds	62,619,934		56		(226,917)		62,393,073
Government Securities	58,671,384		—		(339,765)		58,331,619
Common Stocks	40,000		—		—		40,000

Municipal Bonds	17,841,486		—		(174,668)		17,666,818
Total	$	282,808,432	$	56	$	(753,437)	$	282,055,051

As of December 31, 2017:


			Unrealized
	Cost		Gains		Losses		Market Value
Short-Term Investments:
Certificate of Deposit	$	130,000,000	$	—	$	—	$	130,000,000
Government Securities	9,024,777		—		(13,647)		9,011,130
Mutual Funds	392,482		1,575		(476)		393,581
Corporate Bonds	12,952,229		—		(7,230)		12,944,999
Other	188,344		—		—		188,344
Long-Term Investments:
Corporate Bonds	3,022,994		—		(4,274)		3,018,720
Common Stocks	10,897,219		5,079,815		(273,663)		15,703,371
Mutual Funds	29,306,540		5,440,344		(65,547)		34,681,337
Preferred Stock	1,141,458		40,533		(3,000)		1,178,991

Total	$	196,926,043	$	10,562,267	$	(367,837)	$	207,120,473

Unrealized losses on investments as of September 30, 2018, are as follows:


	Aggregate Unrealized Losses		Aggregate Fair Value
Less than one year	$	753,437	$	148,084,928
Greater than one year	—		—
Total	$	753,437	$	148,084,928

Unrealized losses on investments as of December 31, 2017, are as follows:


	Aggregate Unrealized Losses		Aggregate Fair Value
Less than one year	$	263,655	$	31,223,557
Greater than one year	104,182		285,077
Total	$	367,837	$	31,508,634

ASC 320, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities”, as amended, provides guidance on determining when an investment is other than temporarily impaired. No investment losses

were considered to be other than temporary during the periods presented. The Company has the intention and current ability to hold its debt investments until the amortized cost basis has been recovered.

Fixed income securities as of September 30, 2018 have contractual maturities as follows:


Due within one year	$	141,685,968
Due between one and five years	129,595,580
Due over five years	8,795,930
	$	280,077,478

- 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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