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Entries for Available-for-sale and Trading Securities | Accounting homework help

(Entries for Available-for-sale and Trading Securities) The following information is available Barkley Company at December 31, 2008, regarding its investments.

Securities                                                            Cost                       Fair Value

3,000 shares of Myers Corporation Common Stock            $ 40,000                     $ 48,000

1,000 shares of Cole Incorporated Preferred Stock                 25,000                        22,000

$ 65,000                     $ 70,000

Instructions

Prepare the adjusting entry (if any) for 2008, assuming the securities are classified as trading.

Prepare the adjusting entry (if any) for 2008, assuming the securities are classified as available-for-sale.

Discuss how the amounts reported in the financial statements are affected by the entries in (a) and (b).

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