purchased trading investment bonds for $42,000 at par. At December 31, Cullumber received annual interest of $1,680, and the fair value of the bonds was $39,400. Prepare Cullumber's journal entries for (a) the purchase of the investment, (b) the interest received,  and (c) the fair value adjustment. (Assume a zero balance in the Fair Value Adjustment account)

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Cullumber Corporation purchased trading investment bonds for $42,000 at par. At December 31, Cullumber received annual interest of $1,680, and the fair value of the bonds was $39,400.

Prepare Cullumber's journal entries for (a) the purchase of the investment, (b) the interest received,  and (c) the fair value adjustment. (Assume a zero balance in the Fair Value Adjustment account)

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Trading Investment bonds

Investment bond is an financial debt instrument in which an authorized bond issuer owes a debt to the bond holder. The bond issuer is liable to pay a interest and/ or repay the amount at the maturity of the instrument. This will be based on the terms of the bond. 

Trading in a investment bond helps the company to make profit from the market price fluctuation of the bond.

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