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Investments
3 Months Ended
Apr. 04, 2015
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Investments

 

Note 2 – Investments

 

Seaboard’s short-term investments are treated as either available-for-sale securities or trading securities.  All of Seaboard’s available-for-sale and trading securities are classified as current assets as they are readily available to support Seaboard’s current operating needs.  Available-for-sale securities are recorded at their estimated fair value with unrealized gains and losses reported, net of tax, as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive loss.  Trading securities are recorded at their estimated fair value with unrealized gains and losses reflected in other investment income, net. At April 4, 2015, money market funds included $13,132,000 denominated in Euros and $2,849,000 denominated in Canadian dollars.

 

The following is a summary of the amortized cost and estimated fair value of short-term investments for both available-for-sale and trading securities at April 4, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Fair

 

Amortized

 

Fair

 

(Thousands of dollars)

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Cost

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money market funds

 

$

236,974 

 

$

236,974 

 

$

142,432 

 

$

142,432 

 

Corporate bonds

 

11,652 

 

11,757 

 

11,000 

 

11,015 

 

U.S. Government agency securities

 

9,287 

 

9,354 

 

9,684 

 

9,666 

 

Asset backed debt securities

 

2,521 

 

2,554 

 

2,260 

 

2,291 

 

U.S. Treasury securities

 

1,990 

 

1,996 

 

523 

 

522 

 

Collateralized mortgage obligations

 

819 

 

816 

 

1,150 

 

1,170 

 

Total available-for-sale short-term investments

 

263,243 

 

263,451 

 

167,049 

 

167,096 

 

High yield trading debt securities

 

178,466 

 

175,390 

 

187,491 

 

181,483 

 

Equity mutual fund

 

86,309 

 

86,268 

 

83,809 

 

82,542 

 

Domestic equity ETF

 

59,157 

 

61,806 

 

31,307 

 

32,651 

 

Money market funds held in trading accounts

 

6,362 

 

6,362 

 

21,401 

 

21,401 

 

Emerging markets trading debt mutual fund

 

3,323 

 

2,550 

 

3,323 

 

2,614 

 

Other trading investments

 

1,870 

 

1,792 

 

2,850 

 

2,779 

 

Total trading short-term investments

 

335,487 

 

334,168 

 

330,181 

 

323,470 

 

Total short-term investments

 

$

598,730 

 

$

597,619 

 

$

497,230 

 

$

490,566 

 

 

The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of fixed rate securities designated as available-for-sale classified by the contractual maturity date of the security as of April 4, 2015.

 

 

(Thousands of dollars)

 

2015

 

Due within one year

 

$

984 

 

Due after one year through three years

 

11,077 

 

Due after three years

 

12,093 

 

Total fixed rate securities

 

$

24,154 

 

 

 

In addition to its short-term investments, Seaboard also has trading securities related to Seaboard’s deferred compensation plans classified in other current assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  See Note 5 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for information on the types of trading securities held related to the deferred compensation plans.