XML 27 R11.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v2.3.0.15
Securities Owned
3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Investment Holdings 
Investment Holdings [Text Block]
NOTE 5 - Securities Owned


Marketable securities owned as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, comprised mainly of portfolio positions (equity securities) held for capital appreciation consisted of the following:


         
September 30, 2011
   
December 31, 2010
 
   
Percent
Owned
 
Estimated
 Fair Value
   
Losses in
Accumulated
 Other
 Comprehensive
 Income
 
Estimated
 Fair Value
   
Losses in
 Accumulated
Other
 Comprehensive
 Income
 
                               
GolfRounds.com, Inc.
    4.20 %   $ 7,200     $ 19,800     $ 8,400     $ 18,600  
All other equity securities
    N/A       687       4,122       69       4,740  
                                         
            $ 7,887     $ 23,922     $ 8,469     $ 23,340  


The Company follows FASB accounting guidance for fair value measurements of financial assets and financial liabilities and for fair value measurements of nonfinancial items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis.  It defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  The guidance establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.  The valuation techniques required are based upon observable and unobservable inputs.  Observable input reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s market assumptions.  These two types of inputs create the following fair value hierarchy:
 
Level 1 - Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets.


Level 2 - Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable.


Level 3 - Significant inputs to the valuation model are unobservable.


All of the Company’s marketable securities are Level 2 type assets.  Among the observable inputs considered by management in determining fair value of thinly traded portfolio positions are the financial condition, asset composition and operating results of the issuer, the long-term business potential of the issuer and other factors generally pertinent to the valuation of investments, including the analysis of the valuation of comparable companies.