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Investments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2013
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract] |
Amortized Cost And Fair Value Of Securities Available-For-Sale | The amortized cost and fair value of securities classified as AFS are summarized below:
(in 000s) |
As of April 30, |  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  | Amortized Cost |  |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  |  | Gross Unrealized Losses (1) |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Amortized Cost |  |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  |  | Gross Unrealized Losses (1) |  |  | Fair Value |
Short-term: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Municipal bonds |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,008 |  |  | $ | 29 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,037 |
Long-term: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mortgage-backed securities |  | 476,450 |  |  | 6,592 |  |  | (664 | ) |  | 482,378 |  |  | 361,184 |  |  | 5,620 |  |  | (121 | ) |  | 366,683 |
Municipal bonds |  | 4,178 |  |  | 320 |  |  | — |  |  | 4,498 |  |  | 4,236 |  |  | 396 |  |  | — |  |  | 4,632 |
|  | 480,628 |  |  | 6,912 |  |  | (664 | ) |  | 486,876 |  |  | 365,420 |  |  | 6,016 |  |  | (121 | ) |  | 371,315 |
|  | $ | 480,628 |  |  | $ | 6,912 |  |  | $ | (664 | ) |  | $ | 486,876 |  |  | $ | 366,428 |  |  | $ | 6,045 |  |  | $ | (121 | ) |  | $ | 372,352 |
(1) | As of April 30, 2013, we had no securities that had been in a continuous loss position for more than twelve months. As of April 30, 2012, mortgage-backed securities with a cost of $8.1 million and gross unrealized losses of $21 thousand had been in a continuous loss position for more than twelve months.
Contractual Maturities Of AFS Debt Securities At Varying Dates Over The Next 30 Years | Contractual maturities of AFS debt securities at April 30, 2013, occur at varying dates over the next 31 years, and are set forth in the table below.
(in 000s) |
As of April 30, 2013 |  | Cost Basis |  |  | Fair Value |
Maturing in: |  |  |  |
Two to five years |  | $ | 4,178 |  |  | $ | 4,498 |
Beyond |  | 476,450 |  |  | 482,378 |
|  | $ | 480,628 |  |  | $ | 486,876 |

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