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INVESTMENTS | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2022
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract] |
INVESTMENTS | INVESTMENTS: At September 30, 2022 and 2021, non-current investments were as follows:
| 2022 |  | 2021
Equity and fixed income mutual funds | $ | — |  |  | $ | 6,936 |
Life insurance policies | 4,439 |  |  | 4,626 |
Equity-method investments | 2,729 |  |  | 458 |
Other (primarily cost-method) investments | 18,808 |  |  | 18,418 |
| $ | 25,976 |  |  | $ | 30,438 |
Equity and fixed income mutual funds at September 30, 2021 represented investments held in trust for the Company's non-qualified Supplemental Retirement Plan ("SERP") and were classified as trading securities and recorded at fair value. During fiscal 2022, the Company sold these investments in anticipation of the planned settlement of the SERP obligations in fiscal 2023. Realized and unrealized gains and losses are recorded in investment income.

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