If the combined market value of equity investment at fair value through profit or loss at the end of the year is more than the market value of the same portfolio of trading securities at the beginning of the year, the difference should be accounted for by: a debit to equity investment O reporting an unrealized loss in security investment in the stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet a footnote to the financial statements reporting an unrealized loss in security investments in the income statement O reporting an unrealized gain in security investments in the income statement

If the combined market value of equity investment at fair value through profit or loss at the end of the year is more than the market value of the same portfolio of trading securities at the beginning of the year, the difference should be accounted for by: a debit to equity investment O reporting an unrealized loss in security investment in the stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet a footnote to the financial statements reporting an unrealized loss in security investments in the income statement O reporting an unrealized gain in security investments in the income statement

Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis

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Author:James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach

Publisher:James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach

Chapter13: Investments And Long-term Receivables

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