Equity Securities, FV-NI, Number Of Shares

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Equity Securities, FV-NI, Price Per Share

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Equity Securities, FV-NI, Transfer Restrictions, Period

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Sale Of Stock, Percentage Of Total Outstanding Common Stock That May Be Transferred

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Sale Of Stock, Trading Period

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Amount of investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1A
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=99377092&loc=SL75136599-209740

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Cost of investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI). Excludes equity method investment and investment in equity security without readily determinable fair value.

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Amount of unrealized gain (loss) on investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 321
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84241550&loc=SL75117546-209714

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Investments - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Jul. 19, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Equity securities		$ 1,090.0	$ 877.3
PTC
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares purchased (in shares)	10,582,010
Purchase of stock price (usd per share)	$ 94.50
Consideration paid to purchase stock	$ 1,000.0
Purchase of stock purchase period	3 years
Sale of stock, subsequent trading period	90 days
Equity securities		877.3
Trading investment, unrealized gain (loss)		$ (212.7)
PTC \| Minimum
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Percentage of total outstanding common stock, that can be traded in future periods	1.00%
PTC \| Maximum
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Percentage of total outstanding common stock, that can be traded in future periods	2.00%