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INVESTMENTS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Abstract] |
Summary of Investments | The following table summarizes investments as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (dollars in thousands):
| September 30, 2020 |  | Percent Ownership of Voting Stock |  | December 31, 2019 |  | Percent Ownership of Voting Stock
Available-for-sale securities - redeemable preferred shares | $ | — |  |  | 19% | to | 25% |  | $ | — |  |  | 19% | to | 25%
Fair value option investments | — |  |  | 10% | to | 19% |  | 1,405 |  |  | 10% | to | 19%
Other equity investments | 35,911 |  |  | 1% | to | 19% |  | 75,171 |  |  | 1% | to | 19%
Total investments | $ | 35,911 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 76,576 |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Gains and Losses due to Changes in Fair Value of Investments | There were no material changes in fair value of those investments for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019. The following table summarizes gains and losses due to changes in fair value of those investments for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
| Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2020 |  | 2019
Monster LP | $ | — |  |  | $ | (69,408) |
Nearbuy | (1,405) |  |  | 437 |
Total | $ | (1,405) |  |  | $ | (68,971) |

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