Note 5 - Securities Owned

3 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Note 5 - Securities Owned:

Note 5 - Securities Owned

NOTE 5 - Securities Owned

Marketable securities owned as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, comprised mainly of portfolio positions (equity securities) held for capital appreciation, consisted of the following:

		June 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
	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%	$          4,800	$         22,200	$          8,400	$         18,600
All other equity securities	N/A	550	4,259	435	4,374
Total		$          5,350	$         26,459	$          8,835	$         22,974

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.