Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2015

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Table Text Block]

The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, certain assets at estimated fair value as of August 31, 2015 and 2014:

	Quoted Prices in				Significant
	Active Markets for		Significant Other		Unobservable
	Identical Assets		Observable Inputs		Inputs
	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Total
August 31, 2015
Marketable securities		-		-		-		-
Liability for short sales of trading securities	$	(1,781,000)		-		-	$	(1,781,000)
August 31, 2014
Marketable securities	$	73,000		-		-	$	73,000
Liability for short sales of trading securities	$	(642,000)		-		-	$	(642,000)