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Equity Investments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2019
Equity Investments [Abstract] |
Summary of carrying value of equity investments |
|  | Three Months Ended April 30, 2019 |  |  | Nine Months Ended April 30, 2019 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Balance, beginning of period |  | $ | 3,045 |  |  | $ | 1,883 |
Adoption of change in accounting for equity investments |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,213 |
Adjusted balance, beginning of period |  |  | 3,045 |  |  |  | 3,096 |
Adjustment for observable transactions involving a similar investment from the same issuer |  |  | 599 |  |  |  | 550 |
Redemptions |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2 | )
Impairments |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Balance, end of period |  | $ | 3,644 |  |  | $ | 3,644 |
Summary of unrealized gains and losses for all equity investments |
|  | Three Months Ended April 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended April 30, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Net gains recognized during the period on equity investments |  | $ | 623 |  |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 704 |  |  | $ | 53 |
Less: net gains and losses recognized during the period on equity investments redeemed during the period |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Unrealized gains recognized during the period on equity investments still held at the reporting date |  | $ | 623 |  |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 704 |  |  | $ | 53 |

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