Obtain KO's 2014 Annual Report online. Review the financial statements and the notes to the financial statements.

1.   List the types of investments held by Coca Cola (fair-value method, cost-method, equity-method, consolidated).

2.   Assume KO has only one investee in which it holds 40% ownership. Based on the basic financial statements, what was the investee's net income (loss) for 2014?

3.   Assume KO has a 25% owned investee and it intends to hold the investment indefinitely. Also assume that the investee paid KO $8M in dividends and Coca Cola recorded the following journal entry:

      Cash                $8M
            Dividend Income         $8M

What would be the effect on the following items on KO's financials (overstated, understated, or no effect):

            Circle one:

            a)         Cash                            OS       US       NE

            b)         Net Income                 OS       US       NE

            c)         Total Assets               OS       US       NE

            d)         Contributed Capital    OS       US       NE

4. What is the total fair value of KO's marketable securities at year-end 2014?

5. Prepare the journal entry to record KO's share of earnings for fiscal year 2014 of it's investees over which it has significant influence.

6. KO's 2014 balance sheet shows $3,665M in marketable securities. How much of it represents trading securities and how much of it represents available-for-sale securities?

7. Assume that the fair value of Coca Cola's marketable securities changed only one time during fiscal year 2014. Prepare the journal entry to record the change.

8. What percentage of 2014 total assets represent hedged derivatives?

9. How much (if any) was the ineffective portion of fair value hedges included in 2014 net income?