Trading Securities

Southeast Bank invests in trading securities and prepares quarterly financial statements. At the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2013, the bank held as trading securities 230 shares of Eglan Company common stock that originally cost $6,325. At that time, these securities had a fair value of $5,980. During the fourth quarter, the bank engaged in the following trading securities transactions:

Oct. 26 Purchased 290 shares of Farrell Company common stock for $36 per share.

Nov. 26 Sold 230 shares of Eglan common stock for $25 per share.

Dec. 10 Purchased 400 shares of Gray Company common stock for $43 per share.

On December 31, 2013, the quoted market prices of the shares were as follows: Eglan Company, $50 per share; Farrell Company, $39 per share; and Gray Company, $42 per share.

Required:

Question 1: Prepare journal entries to record the preceding information for the fourth quarter. For compound entries, if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

Question 2: Show what the bank reports on its fourth quarter 2013 income statement for these trading securities.

Question 3: Show how the bank reports these trading securities on its balance sheet at the end of the fourth quarter of 2013.