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OTHER INVESTMENTS, NET
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Other Investments [Abstract]  
Other Investments Disclosure [Text Block]
NOTE 5 – OTHER INVESTMENTS, NET
 
The Company may also invest, with the approval of the Securities Investment Committee and other Company guidelines, in private investment equity funds and other unlisted securities, such as convertible notes through private placements. Those investments in non-marketable securities are carried at cost on the Company’s balance sheet as part of other investments, net of other than temporary impairment losses. Other investments also include non-marketable warrants carried at fair value.
 
Other investments, net consist of the following:
 
Type
 
March 31, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
Preferred stock - Comstock, at cost
 
$
13,231,000
 
$
13,231,000
 
Private equity hedge fund, at cost
 
 
1,250,000
 
 
1,650,000
 
Corporate debt and equity instruments, at cost
 
 
269,000
 
 
269,000
 
Other preferred stock, at cost
 
 
630,000
 
 
480,000
 
Warrants - at fair value
 
 
109,000
 
 
207,000
 
 
 
$
15,489,000
 
$
15,837,000
 
  
During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company performed an impairment analysis of its other investments and determined that one of its investments had an other than temporary impairment and recorded impairment losses of $400,000.