Note 2 - Investments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2018

Notes Tables

Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

			Gross Unrealized		Gross Unrealized
($ in thousands)	Cost		Holding Gains		Holding Losses		Fair Value
ETFs - equities	$	8,385	$	1,532	$	-	$	9,917

			Gross Unrealized		Gross Unrealized
($ in thousands)	Cost		Holding Gains		Holding Losses		Fair Value
ETFs - equities	$	8,385	$	994	$	-	$	9,379

	Amortized		Gross Unrealized		Gross Unrealized
($ in thousands)	Historical Cost		Holding Gains		Holding Losses			Fair Value
Maturity
Due within 1 year	$	8,705	$	6	$	(7	)	$	8,704
Due 1 year through 5 years		250		-		(1	)		249
Total investment in government debt securities	$	8,955	$	6	$	(8	)	$	8,953

	Amortized		Gross Unrealized		Gross Unrealized
($ in thousands)	Historical Cost		Holding Gains		Holding Losses			Fair Value
Maturity
Due within 1 year	$	7,868	$	10	$	(12	)	$	7,866
Due 1 year through 5 years		600		-		(1	)		599
Total investment in government debt securities	$	8,468	$	10	$	(13	)	$	8,465

Investment Income [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended July 31,
($ in thousands)	2018		2017
Dividend income	$	67	$	52
Interest income		35		25
Other		12		19
Total income from securities transactions, net	$	114	$	96

Investment Holdings, Other than Securities [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended July 31,
($ in thousands) (unaudited)	2018		2017
Investment management fees earned from the Value Line Funds, net of fee waivers	$	4,109	$	3,958
12b-1 fees and other fees, net of fee waivers	$	1,704	$	1,549
Other income	$	71	$	55
Investment management fee waivers	$	111	$	154
12b-1 fee waivers	$	159	$	235
Value Line’s non-voting revenues interest	$	1,968	$	1,978
EAM's net income (1)	$	606	$	316

Summary Investment Holdings [Table Text Block]

	July 31,			April 30,
($ in thousands)	2018			2018
	(unaudited)
EAM's total assets	$	60,278		$	60,203
EAM's total liabilities (1)		(3,378	)		(3,128	)
EAM's total equity	$	56,900		$	57,075