Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments [Abstract]

The components of Care trusts’ corpus as of December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2016 were as follows (in thousands):



	December 31, 2015			June 30, 2016
Trust assets, at market value	$	43,127		$	42,505
Obligations due from trust	(711		)	(388		)
Care trusts’ corpus	$	42,416		$	42,117

Cost and fair market values associated with the trust investments held in perpetual care trust funds

The following table reflects the cost and fair market values associated with the trust investments held in perpetual care trust funds at June 30, 2016 (in thousands):



	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Market Value
Cash and money market accounts	1	$	1,537	$	—	$	—		$	1,537
Fixed income securities:
Municipal bonds	2	447		—		(72		)	375
Foreign debt	2	5,755		85		(571		)	5,269
Corporate debt	2	18,646		795		(1,702		)	17,739
Preferred stock	2	11,450		5		(924		)	10,531
Common stock	1	8,228		131		(2,729		)	5,630
Mutual funds:
Fixed Income	2	866		52		—			918
Trust securities		$	46,929	$	1,068	$	(5,998	)	$	41,999
Accrued investment income		$	506						$	506
Cemetery perpetual care investments									$	42,505
Market value as a percentage of cost									89.5		%

Estimated maturities of fixed perpetual care trust income securities

The estimated maturities of the fixed income securities included above are as follows (in thousands):



Due in one year or less	$	82
Due in one to five years	6,285
Due in five to ten years	4,815
Thereafter	22,732
	$	33,914

Cost and fair Market Values Associated with Trust Investments Held in Perpetual Care Trust Funds [Table Text Block]

The following table reflects the cost and fair market values associated with the trust investments held in perpetual care trust funds at December 31, 2015 (in thousands):



	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Market Value
Cash and money market accounts	1	$	5,472	$	—	$	—		$	5,472
Fixed income securities:
Municipal bonds	2	325		—		(45		)	280
Foreign debt	2	3,232		—		(480		)	2,752
Corporate debt	2	16,216		57		(3,094		)	13,179
Preferred stock	2	11,263		20		(611		)	10,672
Common stock	1	11,945		393		(1,939		)	10,399
Trust securities		$	48,453	$	470	$	(6,169	)	$	42,754
Accrued investment income		$	373						$	373
Cemetery perpetual care investments									$	43,127
Market value as a percentage of cost									88.2		%

Schedule of fair market value and unrealized loss on perteptual care trust investments

Our perpetual care trust investment unrealized losses, their associated fair market values, and the duration of unrealized losses for the periods ended June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 are shown in the following tables (in thousands):



	June 30, 2016
	In Loss Position Less than 12 months					In Loss Position Greater than 12 months					Total
	Fair Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Market Value		Unrealized Losses
Fixed income securities:
Municipal bonds	$	112	$	(3	)	$	263	$	(69	)	$	375	$	(72	)
Foreign debt	2,134		(143		)	1,670		(428		)	3,804		(571		)
Corporate debt	2,198		(259		)	6,490		(1,443		)	8,688		(1,702		)
Preferred stock	342		(10		)	9,916		(914		)	10,258		(924		)
Common stock	3,460		(1,838		)	1,184		(891		)	4,644		(2,729		)
Total temporary impaired securities	$	8,246	$	(2,253	)	$	19,523	$	(3,745	)	$	27,769	$	(5,998	)



	December 31, 2015
	In Loss Position Less than 12 months					In Loss Position Greater than 12 months					Total
	Fair Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Market Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Market Value		Unrealized Losses
Fixed income securities:
Municipal bonds	$	280	$	(45	)	$	—	$	—		$	280	$	(45	)
Foreign debt	2,541		(265		)	281		(215		)	2,822		(480		)
Corporate debt	10,463		(2,164		)	2,210		(931		)	12,673		(3,095		)
Preferred stock	7,100		(301		)	3,568		(309		)	10,668		(610		)
Common stock	7,379		(1,220		)	2,186		(719		)	9,565		(1,939		)
Total temporary impaired securities	$	27,763	$	(3,995	)	$	8,245	$	(2,174	)	$	36,008	$	(6,169	)

Perpetual care trust investment security transactions recorded in interest income and other, net

Perpetual care trust investment security transactions recorded in Interest expense on our Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2016 were as follows (in thousands):



	For the Three Months Ended June 30,						For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2015			2016			2015			2016
Realized gains	$	785		$	65		$	975		$	112
Realized losses	(60		)	(433		)	(485		)	(1,682		)
Decrease (increase) in care trusts’ corpus	(725		)	368			(490		)	1,570
Total	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—

Perpetual care trust investment security transactions recorded in cemetery revenue

Perpetual care trust investment security transactions recorded in Revenues from cemetery operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2016 were as follows (in thousands):



	For the Three Months Ended June 30,					For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2015		2016			2015		2016
Investment income	$	1,200	$	1,504		$	2,368	$	2,980
Realized gain, net	375		(195		)	284		(458		)
Total	$	1,575	$	1,309		$	2,652	$	2,522

Purchases and sales of investments in perpetual care trusts

Purchases and sales of investments in the perpetual care trusts were as follows (in thousands):



	For the Three Months Ended June 30,						For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2015			2016			2015			2016
Purchases	$	(3,471	)	$	(5,194	)	$	(8,105	)	$	(11,952	)
Sales	$	4,531		$	3,122		$	6,353		$	7,870