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INVESTMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Abstract] |
Summary of Investments | The following table summarizes investments as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in thousands):
| December 31, 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 | 37,671 |  |  | 1% | to | 19% |  | 75,171 |  |  | 1% | to | 19%
Total investments | $ | 37,671 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 76,576 |  |  |  |  |
The following table summarizes other equity investment activity for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
Balance as of December 31, 2018 | $ | 24,273 |
Upward adjustments for observable price changes | 51,397 |
Dispositions | (640) |
Foreign currency translation | 141 |
Balance as of December 31, 2019 | $ | 75,171 |
Impairment of investments included in earnings | (6,684) |
Dispositions | (33,843) |
Foreign currency translation | 3,027 |
Balance as of December 31, 2020 | $ | 37,671 |
Schedule of Gains and Losses due to Changes in Fair Value of Investments | The following table summarizes gains and losses due to changes in fair value of those investments for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Monster LP | $ | — |  |  | $ | (69,408) |  |  | $ | (9,509) |
Nearbuy | (1,405) |  |  | (3,089) |  |  | 445 |
Total | $ | (1,405) |  |  | $ | (72,497) |  |  | $ | (9,064) |

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