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Note 2 - Investments
3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Investments in Debt and Marketable Equity Securities (and Certain Trading Assets) Disclosure [Text Block]
2.  Investments

The Company’s investments are categorized as available-for-sale.  Short-term investments consist of certificates of deposits with maturities of generally three months to one year.  Equity securities consist primarily of telecommunications stocks.  Mutual funds consist of federal agency mortgage backed securities (Ginnie Mae).  The fair value of the Company’s investments at September 30, 2012 and July 1, 2012 were as follows:

September 30, 2012
Description
 
Fair Value
   
Cost basis
   
Unrealized Gain
 
Short-term investments
  $ 3,457,488     $ 3,457,488     $ -  
Equity securities
  $ 5,094,633     $ 888,998     $ 4,205,635  
Mutual funds
  $ 3,540,884     $ 3,319,893     $ 220,991  

July 1, 2012
Description
 
Fair Value
   
Cost basis
   
Unrealized Gain
 
Short-term investments
  $ 3,863,721     $ 3,863,721     $ -  
Equity securities
  $ 4,788,498     $ 888,998     $ 3,899,500  
Mutual funds
  $ 3,498,182     $ 3,296,201     $ 201,981  

The fair values of the Company’s investments were determined as follows:

September 30, 2012
 
 
Description
 
Quoted
Price for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   
Significant Other Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   
Significant Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 
                   
Certificates of deposits
  $ -     $ 3,457,488     $ -  
Equity securities
    5,094,633       -       -  
Mutual funds
    3,540,884       -       -  
                         
Total
  $ 8,635,517     $ 3,547,488     $ -  

July 1, 2012
 
 
Description
 
Quoted
Price for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   
Significant Other Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   
Significant Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 
                   
Certificates of deposits
  $ -     $ 3,863,721     $ -  
Equity securities
    4,788,498       -       -  
Mutual funds
    3,498,182       -       -  
                         
Total
  $ 8,286,680     $ 3,863,721     $ -  

The stocks included in the portfolio as of September 30, 2012 were:

82,112  
shares of AT&T
354   shares of Fairpoint Communications
939   shares of Supermedia
40,000   shares of Sprint
11,865   shares of Vodafone
2,520   shares of Manulife
774  
shares of Teradata
4,398  
shares of CenturyLink
4,508  
shares of Frontier Communications
475  
shares of LSI
23,784  
shares of Verizon
4,079  
shares of Windstream
774   shares of NCR

The fair value of certificates of deposits is estimated using net present value techniques and comparing the values derived from those techniques to certificates with similar values.