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Investments
6 Months Ended
Jul. 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 (loss), net. At July 4, 2015, money market funds included $969,000 denominated in British pounds and $560,000 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 July 4, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Fair

 

Amortized

 

Fair

 

(Thousands of dollars)

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Money market funds

 

$

266,106 

 

$

266,106 

 

$

142,432

 

$

142,432

 

Corporate bonds

 

12,540 

 

12,538 

 

11,000

 

11,015

 

U.S. Government agency securities

 

9,437 

 

9,480 

 

9,684

 

9,666

 

Other available-for-sale investments

 

3,685 

 

3,706 

 

3,933

 

3,983

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total available-for-sale short-term investments

 

291,768 

 

291,830 

 

167,049

 

167,096

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High yield trading debt securities

 

162,196 

 

159,798 

 

187,491

 

181,483

 

Equity mutual fund

 

86,309 

 

84,557 

 

83,809

 

82,542

 

Domestic equity ETF

 

59,155 

 

61,914 

 

31,307

 

32,651

 

Money market funds held in trading accounts

 

23,618 

 

23,618 

 

21,401

 

21,401

 

Other trading investments

 

5,719 

 

4,820 

 

6,173

 

5,393

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total trading short-term investments

 

336,997 

 

334,707 

 

330,181

 

323,470

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total short-term investments

 

$

628,765 

 

$

626,537 

 

$

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 July 4, 2015.

 

(Thousands of dollars)

 

2015

 

Due within one year

 

$

980

 

Due after one year through three years

 

9,841

 

Due after three years

 

12,542

 

 

 

 

 

Total fixed rate securities

 

$

23,363

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In addition to its short-term investments, Seaboard also has trading securities related to Seaboard’s deferred compensation plans classified in other current assets in 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.