CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

2.CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

As of September 30, 2016, the Company held $37,665 in cash and cash equivalents. From time to time, the Company may have cash balances in financial institutions in excess of insurance limits. The Company has never experienced any losses related to these balances. The Company’s cash equivalents are held in money market funds. Cash and cash equivalents consisted of the following (in thousands):


	September 30,		December 31,
	2016		2015
Cash	$	(7)	$	116
Money market funds		37,672		20,078
Total cash and cash equivalents	$	37,665	$	20,194

- Definition

The entire disclosure for cash and cash equivalent footnotes, which may include the types of deposits and money market instruments, applicable carrying amounts, restricted amounts and compensating balance arrangements. Cash and equivalents include: (1) currency on hand (2) demand deposits with banks or financial institutions (3) other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits (4) short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments maturing within three months from the date of acquisition qualify.

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