On January 1, Year 1, Reid Corporation acquired bonds with a face value of $500,000 for $481,156.15. The bonds carry a stated rate of interest of 10%, were purchased to yield 11%, pay interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31, were purchased to be held to maturity, and are due December 31, Year 4. On January 1, Year 2, in contemplation of a major acquisition, the bonds were sold for $500,000. Reid uses the effective interest method. Required: Prepare journal entries to record the purchase of the bonds, the interest receipts on June 30, Year 1, and December 31, Year 2, and the sale of the bonds.

Consolidation in general examination implies an asset oscillating between well-defined methods of trading status. Consolidation is commonly known as market indecisiveness, which completes when the asset's values move forward or backward the trading struc…