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Investments
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Investments Debt And Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Investments
(4) Investments

The cost, gross unrealized gains, gross unrealized losses, and fair market value of the Company’s trading investment at the years ended September 30 is as follows:

 

     Cost      Gross
Unrealized
Gains
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Total  
(in thousands)                           

2013

          

Mutual fund investments

   $ 4       $ 15       $ (12   $ 7   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 4       $ 15       $ (12   $ 7   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

2012

          

Mutual fund investments

   $ 4       $ 14       $ (12   $ 6   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 4       $ 14       $ (12   $ 6   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

The mutual fund investments are included as a separate line item in current assets on the Company’s balance sheets.

On October 30, 2007, the Company invested $0.5 million in the Hennessy Micro Cap Growth Fund, LLC (the “Micro Cap Fund”). The Micro Cap Fund was closed on December 14, 2012 and the investment was liquidated, resulting in a realized loss of $0.11 million. The loss was included in other expense on the income statement for the year ended September 30, 2013.