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Investments | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
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Investments | Note 3 – Investments The following is a summary of the estimated fair value of short-term investments classified as trading securities held at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017.
|  | March 31, |  | December 31, |
(Millions of dollars) |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
Domestic equity securities |  | $ | 744 |  | $ | 752 |
Foreign equity securities |  |  | 320 |  |  | 319 |
Domestic debt securities held in mutual funds/ETFs/U.S. Treasuries |  |  | 135 |  |  | 439 |
Collateralized loan obligations |  |  | 28 |  |  | 29 |
High yield securities |  |  | 21 |  |  | 21 |
Money market funds held in trading accounts |  |  | 8 |  |  | 10 |
Other trading securities |  |  | 8 |  |  | 6 |
Total trading short-term investments |  | $ | 1,264 |  | $ | 1,576 |
Seaboard had $111 million of equity securities denominated in foreign currencies at March 31, 2018, with $47 million in euros, $24 million in Japanese yen, $19 million in British pounds, $6 million in Swiss francs and the remaining $15 million in various other currencies. At December 31, 2017, Seaboard had $114 million of equity securities denominated in foreign currencies, with $48 million in euros, $25 million in Japanese yen, $20 million in British pounds, $6 million in Swiss francs and the remaining $15 million in various other currencies. Also, money market funds included less than $1 million denominated in various foreign currencies at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017. The change in unrealized gains (losses) related to trading securities still held at the end of the respective reporting period was $(22) million and $38 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and April 1, 2017, respectively. In addition to its short-term investments, Seaboard also has trading securities related to Seaboard’s deferred compensation plans classified in other current assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. See Note 6 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for information on the types of trading securities held related to the deferred compensation plans.

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