INVESTMENT IN MARKETABLE SECURITIES (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Marketable Securities [Table Text Block]

At December 31, 2018 and June 30, 2018, all of the Company’s marketable securities are classified as trading securities. The change in the unrealized gains and losses on these investments are included in earnings. Trading securities are summarized as follows:

			Gross		Gross			Net			Fair
Investment	Cost		Unrealized Gain		Unrealized Loss			Unrealized Loss			Value
As of December 31, 2018
Corporate Equities	$	10,596,000	$	173,000	$	(8,966,000	)	$	(8,793,000	)	$	1,803,000
As of June 30, 2018
Corporate Equities	$	12,187,000	$	721,000	$	(8,469,000	)	$	(7,748,000	)	$	4,439,000

Gain (Loss) on Securities [Table Text Block]

Net loss on marketable securities on the statement of operations is comprised of realized and unrealized gains (losses). Below is the composition of the net loss on marketable securities for the three and six months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

For the three months ended December 31,	2018			2017
Realized gain on marketable securities	$	249,000		$	5,000
Unrealized (loss) gain on marketable securities		(635,000	)		203,000
Unrealized loss on marketable securities related to Comstock		(75,000	)		(1,053,000	)
Net loss on marketable securities	$	(461,000	)	$	(845,000	)

For the six months ended December 31,	2018			2017
Realized gain (loss) on marketable securities	$	290,000		$	(70,000	)
Unrealized (loss) gain on marketable securities		(687,000	)		168,000
Unrealized loss on marketable securities related to Comstock		(341,000	)		(1,380,000	)
Net loss on marketable securities	$	(738,000	)	$	(1,282,000	)