Investment Securities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Summary of Available for Sale Securities

Available-for-Sale securities consisted of the following as of December 31, 2015, with no such investments remaining as of December 31, 2016:


	As of December 31, 2015
			Gains in		Losses in
			Accumulated		Accumulated		Estimated
			Other		Other		Fair Value
			Comprehensive		Comprehensive		(Level 1 and 2
	Cost (1)		Income		Income		(Inputs)
Debt Securities (Level 2)	$	843,951	$	—	$	(41,451)	$	802,500
Total Debt Securities		843,951		—		(41,451)		802,500
Common Stock (Level 1)		5,981,464		—		(1,080,197)		4,901,267
Total Equity Securities		5,981,464		—		(1,080,197)		4,901,267
Total Available-for-Sale Securities	$	6,825,415	$	—	$	(1,121,648)	$	5,703,767

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The cost basis in the common stock investment is net of an other-than-temporary impairment charge of approximately $60,000 charged to earnings through investment income in the consolidated statements of operations.

Summary of Recognized Gain and Losses on Sale of Investment Securities

, 2015
	For the Year Ended December 31,
	2016		2015		2014
Proceeds from the Disposition of Debt Securities	$	827,738	$	2,084,994	$	—
Cost Basis of Debt Securities Sold		(843,951)		(1,930,080)		—
Loss recognized in Statement of Operations on the Disposition of Debt Securities		(16,213)		154,914		—
Proceeds from the Disposition of Equity Securities		5,424,624		2,574,091		30,476
Cost Basis of Equity Securities Sold		(5,983,978)		(2,565,816)		(25,641)
Gain (Loss) recognized in Statement of Operations on the Disposition of Equity Securities	$	(559,354)	$	8,275	$	4,835
Total Gain (Loss) recognized in Statement of Operations on the Disposition of Debt and Equity Securities	$	(575,567)	$	163,189	$	4,835

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of available-for-sale securities which includes, but is not limited to, changes in the cost basis and fair value, fair value and gross unrealized gain (loss), fair values by type of security, contractual maturity and classification, amortized cost basis, contracts to acquire securities to be accounted for as available-for-sale, debt maturities, transfers to trading, change in net unrealized holding gain (loss) net of tax, continuous unrealized loss position fair value, aggregate losses qualitative disclosures, other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses or other disclosures related to available for sale securities.

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the realized and unrealized gains and losses reported in the statement of income which have resulted from the sale and holding of marketable securities, respectively, as well as the sale or disposal of cost method investments. Such amounts would include realized gains and losses on the sale or disposal of trading, available-for-sale, and held-to-maturity securities, unrealized gains and losses on trading securities, unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities transferred to the trading securities category, realized gains and losses on the sale or disposal of cost method investments, and losses recognized for other than temporary impairments (OTTI) of such investments.

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