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Fair Value Disclosures
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Fair Value Disclosures  
Fair Value Disclosures

Note 5. Fair Value Disclosures

We use a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring the fair value of our financial assets and liabilities as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;

 

   

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs, including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.; and

 

   

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs, including our own assumptions in determining fair value.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Following are the disclosures related to our financial assets (in thousands):

 

     June 30, 2011      March 31, 2011  
     Fair Value      Input Level      Fair Value      Input Level  

Available-for-sale marketable securities

           

Municipal tax exempt bond funds

   $ 22,670         Level 1       $ 22,556         Level 1   

The fair value of our "available-for-sale" marketable securities is determined based on quoted market prices for identical securities on a quarterly basis.

Marketable securities, all of which were classified as "available-for-sale" at June 30, 2011 and March 31, 2011, consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

     June 30,
2011
     March 31,
2011
 

Municipal tax exempt bond funds

     

Amortized cost

   $ 22,603       $ 22,596   

Gross unrecognized holding gains

     67         —     

Gross unrecognized holding losses

     —           (40
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fair value

   $ 22,670       $ 22,556