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Marketable Investment Securities
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
MARKETABLE INVESTMENT SECURITIES MARKETABLE INVESTMENT SECURITIES
 
Overview

Our marketable investment securities portfolio consists of various debt and equity instruments summarized in the table below. Certain of our investments in debt and equity instruments have historically experienced and are likely to continue experiencing volatility.
 
 
As of
 
 
March 31, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
 
 
(In thousands)
Marketable investment securities:
 
 
 
 
Debt securities:
 
 
 
 
Corporate bonds
 
$
1,470,693

 
$
1,735,653

Other debt securities
 
400,125

 
464,997

Total debt securities
 
1,870,818

 
2,200,650

Equity securities
 
64,887

 
90,976

Total marketable investment securities
 
1,935,705

 
2,291,626

Less: Restricted marketable investment securities
 
10,597

 
9,474

Total marketable investment securities
 
$
1,925,108

 
$
2,282,152



Debt Securities
 
Our corporate bond portfolio includes debt instruments issued by individual corporations, primarily in the industrial and financial services industries. Our other debt securities portfolio includes investments in various debt instruments, including U.S. government bonds, commercial paper and mutual funds.

A summary of our available-for-sale debt securities, exclusive of securities where we have elected the fair value option, is presented in the table below.
 
 
Amortized
 
Unrealized
 
Estimated
 
 
Cost
 
Gains
 
Losses
 
Fair Value
 
 
(In thousands)
As of March 31, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate bonds
 
$
1,416,632

 
$
1,287

 
$
(120
)
 
$
1,417,799

Other debt securities
 
400,129

 
13

 
(17
)
 
400,125

Total available-for-sale debt securities
 
$
1,816,761

 
$
1,300

 
$
(137
)
 
$
1,817,924

As of December 31, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate bonds
 
$
1,689,093

 
$
318

 
$
(1,896
)
 
$
1,687,515

Other debt securities
 
464,993

 
7

 
(3
)
 
464,997

Total available-for-sale debt securities
 
$
2,154,086

 
$
325

 
$
(1,899
)
 
$
2,152,512


 
As of March 31, 2019, corporate bonds where we have elected the fair value option have a fair value of $53 million. We recognized gains of $4 million on these securities for the three months ended March 31, 2019, respectively. We had no debt securities that were accounted for using the fair value option during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

As of March 31, 2019, we have $1.6 billion of available-for-sale debt securities with contractual maturities of one year or less and $186 million with contractual maturities greater than one year.

Equity Securities
 
Our marketable equity securities consist primarily of shares of common stock of public companies. For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, Gains (losses) on investments, net included net gains of $30 million and net losses of $37 million, respectively, related to equity securities that we held each period. The fair value of our equity securities was $65 million and $91 million as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

Sales of Available-for-Sale Securities

Proceeds from sales of our available-for-sale securities, including securities accounted for using the fair value option, were $436 million and zero for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Sales of securities accounted for using the fair value option do not result in gains or losses because we recognize unrealized gains and losses on such securities prior to the time of sale.

Fair Value Measurements
 
Our marketable investment securities are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as summarized in the table below. As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, we did not have investments that were categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
 
As of
 
 
March 31, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
 
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Total
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Total
 
 
(In thousands)
Debt securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate bonds
 
$
—

 
$
1,470,693

 
$
1,470,693

 
$
—

 
$
1,735,653

 
$
1,735,653

Other
 
10,597

 
389,528

 
400,125

 
9,474

 
455,523

 
464,997

Total debt securities
 
10,597

 
1,860,221

 
1,870,818

 
9,474

 
2,191,176

 
2,200,650

Equity securities
 
58,400

 
6,487

 
64,887

 
85,298

 
5,678

 
90,976

Total marketable investment securities
 
$
68,997

 
$
1,866,708

 
$
1,935,705

 
$
94,772

 
$
2,196,854

 
$
2,291,626