Rupar Financial has an investment in 33,000 bonds of Anand Company that Rupar accounts for as a security available-for-sale. Anand bonds are publicly traded, and The Wall Street Journal quotes a price for those bonds of $14 per bond, but Rupar believes the market does not appreciate the full value of the Anand bonds and that a more accurate price is $24 per bond. Rupar should carry the Anand investment on its balance sheet at:   Multiple Choice   $627,000, the midpoint of Nichols's range of reasonably likely valuations of Elliott.   $792,000.       $462,000.   Either $462,000 or $792,000, as either are defensible valuations.

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Rupar Financial has an investment in 33,000 bonds of Anand Company that Rupar accounts for as a security available-for-sale. Anand bonds are publicly traded, and The Wall Street Journal quotes a price for those bonds of $14 per bond, but Rupar believes the market does not appreciate the full value of the Anand bonds and that a more accurate price is $24 per bond. Rupar should carry the Anand investment on its balance sheet at:

 

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    $627,000, the midpoint of Nichols's range of reasonably likely valuations of Elliott.

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    $792,000.    

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    $462,000.

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    Either $462,000 or $792,000, as either are defensible valuations.

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No. of bonds=33,000

Quoted price of bond=$14 per bond

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