"Trading securities are debt and equity securities that the company intends to actively manange and trade for profit." (Chiappetta, Larson, Wild, Fundamental Accounting Principles, 18th Ed., McGraw-Hill 2007, page 589)
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A trading account is simply an account that allows you to buy or sell securities and/or company stock. It's what you need if you want to start investing on your own.
Held for trade securities are stocks and bonds that are held with intention of selling in order to generate profits. Therefore there will be a selling price and all unrealized gains and losses are reported on the income statement. The Available for Sale securities are bonds and stocks that are sold with no intention of profit and all unrealized gains and losses are included in Other Comprehensive Income. Both need yearly fair value adjustments.
The Central Bank makes it mandatory on all commercial banks to invest a certain percentage of their liabilities [(only demand) or (demand and time both)] in government securities viz. T-Bills, Bonds etc which is called Statutory Liquidity Requirement. These securities are parked in an account maintained with the Central Bank which is called Subsidiary General Ledger. The main purpose of this account is the holding and trading of government securities. Why is holding separated from trading? B/c holding is the minimum requirement. Trading comes in case of Excess Securities which can be traded by the commercial banks. For example, if a commercial bank is carrying a short position, and has excess securities available, it will borrow from the interbank against security (called Repo)while comlying with the minimum requirement. This involves movement of SGLA (subsidiary General Ledger accounts). Entry will be as follows: Current Account (commercial bank) debit SGLA credit The Central Bank makes it mandatory on all commercial banks to invest a certain percentage of their liabilities [(only demand) or (demand and time both)] in government securities viz. T-Bills, Bonds etc which is called Statutory Liquidity Requirement. These securities are parked in an account maintained with the Central Bank which is called Subsidiary General Ledger. The main purpose of this account is the holding and trading of government securities. Why is holding separated from trading? B/c holding is the minimum requirement. Trading comes in case of Excess Securities which can be traded by the commercial banks. For example, if a commercial bank is carrying a short position, and has excess securities available, it will borrow from the interbank against security (called Repo)while comlying with the minimum requirement. This involves movement of SGLA (subsidiary General Ledger accounts). Entry will be as follows: Current Account (commercial bank) debit SGLA credit
Non-current assets are those that a company intends to keep longer than 12 months. These include investments and fixed assets. Investments include items such as trading securities, avaialable-for-sale securities, and held-to-maturity securities. Fixed assets includes items such as buidlings, land, and equipment
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trading securities are not necessarily debt securities. trading securities can be defined as securities which investors buy for the purpose of further trade, they can be stocks of any companies, Government securities and debt securities with the intention to trade in near future. debt secrities can be trade or can be hold by investor till maturity. Government securituies can also hold till maturities.
Investors...
Trading securities
The Securities and Exchange Commission or SEC for short.
stock exchange
Modern securities exchanges in the United States are voluntary entities organized for centralized trading
Donald C. Langevoort has written: 'Insider Trading Handbook 1987 (Securities Law Series)' 'Insider trading' -- subject(s): Insider trading in securities, Law and legislation
insider trading occurs when someone has information not available to the public and uses the information to profit from trading publicly traded securities. The Securities and Exchange Commission protect against insider trading.
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Short term investments that are very liquid.
Jon D. Markman has written: 'Online Investing' 'The new day trader advantage' -- subject(s): Day trading (Securities), Electronic trading of securities