Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities

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Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities  
Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities

(5) Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities

All marketable equity and debt securities held by the Company are classified as available-for-sale (“AFS”) and are carried at fair value generally based on quoted market prices. GAAP permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments, such as AFS securities, and certain other items at fair value and to recognize the changes in fair value of such instruments in the entity’s statements of operations. The Company has elected to account for those of its AFS securities which it considers to be nonstrategic (“Fair Value Option Securities”) at fair value. Accordingly, changes in the fair value of Fair Value Option Securities, as determined by quoted market prices, are reported in realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Investments in AFS securities, including our interest in Time Warner Cable which is our only Fair Value Option Security, are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

amounts in thousands

 

Time Warner Cable

 

$

438,912

 

359,615

 

Other equity securities

 

 

648

 

1,147

 

Total Investments in available-for-sale securities

 

$

439,560

 

360,762

 

 

Unrealized Holding Gains and Losses

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the gross unrealized holding gains related to investment in AFS securities were $357 thousand and $820 thousand, respectively. There were no gross unrealized holding losses related to investment in AFS securities for the periods presented.