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Investments and Related Matters
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Schedule of Investments [Abstract]  
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Investment
Investments and securities sold, not yet purchased consist of equities, bonds, bank debt and other corporate obligations, all of which are reported at fair value in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. These investments are considered trading securities. In addition, our Investment segment has certain derivative transactions which are discussed in Note 6, “Financial Instruments." The carrying value and detail by security type, including business sector for equity securities, with respect to investments and securities sold, not yet purchased held by our Investment segment consist of the following:
 
March 31, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
Assets
(in millions)
Investments:
 
 
 
   Equity securities:
 
 
 
      Basic materials
$
456

 
$
414

      Consumer, non-cyclical
2,005

 
2,161

      Consumer, cyclical
1,627

 
1,161

      Energy
1,654

 
1,598

      Financial
209

 
167

      Technology
819

 
1,040

      Other
175

 
145

 
6,945

 
6,686

   Corporate debt securities
185

 
181

 
$
7,130

 
$
6,867

Liabilities
 
 
 
Securities sold, not yet purchased, at fair value:
 
 
 
   Equity securities:
 
 
 
      Consumer, non-cyclical
$
42

 
$
57

      Consumer, cyclical
96

 
106

      Energy
309

 
305

 
447

 
468

   Corporate debt securities

 

 
$
447

 
$
468


The portion of unrealized gains that relates to securities still held by our Investment segment, primarily equity securities, was $558 million and $175 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Our Investment segment is deemed to have significant influence with respect to its investments in Hertz, Herbalife Ltd. ("Herbalife") and Caesars Entertainment Corporation ("Caesars") after considering the collective ownership in such entities by the Investment Funds and affiliates of Mr. Icahn, as well as their collective representation on each of the boards of directors. Our Investment segment has elected the fair value option with respect to each of these investments as such investments would have otherwise been subject to the equity method of accounting. Hertz, Herbalife and Caesars each file annual, quarterly and current reports, and proxy and information statements with the SEC, which are publicly available.
As of March 31, 2019, the Investment Funds owned approximately 23.1% of the outstanding common stock of Hertz. Our Investment segment recorded net gains (losses) of $95 million and $(52) million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, with respect to its investment in Hertz. As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the aggregate fair value of our Investment segment's investment in Hertz was $337 million and $320 million, respectively.
As of March 31, 2019, the Investment Funds owned approximately 18.4% of the outstanding common stock of Herbalife. Our Investment segment recorded net (losses) gains of $(168) million and $544 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, with respect to its investment in Herbalife. As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the
aggregate fair value of our Investment segment's investment in Herbalife was approximately $1.5 billion and $1.7 billion, respectively.
As of March 31, 2019, the Investment Funds owned approximately 11.7% of the outstanding common stock of Caesars. We obtained significant influence over Caesars, and elected the fair value option with respect to our investment in Caesars, beginning in the first quarter of 2019. Our Investment segment recorded net gains of $26 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 with respect to its investment in Caesars. As of March 31, 2019, the aggregate fair value of our Investment segment's investment in Caesars was $690 million.
Other Segments and Holding Company
With the exception of certain equity method investments at our operating subsidiaries and our Holding Company disclosed in the table below, our investments are measured at fair value in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. The carrying value of investments held by our other segments and our Holding Company consist of the following:
 
March 31, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
 
(in millions)
Equity method investments
$
169

 
$
143

Other investments (measured at fair value)
804

 
1,327

 
$
973

 
$
1,470


The portion of unrealized (losses) gains that relates to equity securities still held by our Other segments and Holding Company was $(154) million and $23 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.