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Investments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2015
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract] |
Schedule of carrying value and fair value of securities available-for-sale | The carrying value and fair value of securities available-for-sale at January 31, 2015 were as follows:
($ in thousands) |  | Cost |  |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  |  | Fair Value |
Common stocks |  | $ | 101 |  |  | $ | 68 |  |  | $ | (17 | ) |  | $ | 152 |
ETFs - equities |  |  | 3,902 |  |  |  | 1,505 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 5,406 |
Inverse ETFs - equities |  |  | 4,868 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | (1,226 | ) |  |  | 3,642 |
|  | $ | 8,871 |  |  | $ | 1,573 |  |  | $ | (1,244 | ) |  | $ | 9,200 |
The carrying value and fair value of securities available-for-sale at April 30, 2014 were as follows:
($ in thousands) |  | Cost |  |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  |  | Fair Value |
Common stocks |  | $ | 101 |  |  | $ | 47 |  |  | $ | (12 | ) |  | $ | 136 |
ETFs - equities |  |  | 3,878 |  |  |  | 1,280 |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | 5,156 |
Inverse ETFs - equities |  |  | 4,868 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | (934 | ) |  |  | 3,934 |
|  | $ | 8,847 |  |  | $ | 1,327 |  |  | $ | (948 | ) |  | $ | 9,226 |
Schedule of income from securities transactions |
|  | Three Months Ended January 31, |  |  | Nine Months Ended January 31, |
($ in thousands) |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Dividend income |  | $ | 42 |  |  | $ | 36 |  |  | $ | 119 |  |  | $ | 109 |
Capital gain distributions from ETF’s |  |  | 57 |  |  |  | 36 |  |  |  | 57 |  |  |  | 36 |
Interest income |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 2 |
Other |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | 24 |  |  |  | (5 | )
Total income from securities transactions, net |  | $ | 96 |  |  | $ | 70 |  |  | $ | 203 |  |  | $ | 142 |
Schedule of components of EAM's investment management operations |
|  | Three Months Ended January 31, |  |  | Nine Months Ended January 31, |
($ in thousands) (unaudited) |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Investment management fees earned from the Value Line Funds, net of fee waivers |  | $ | 3,792 |  |  | $ | 3,750 |  |  | $ | 11,269 |  |  | $ | 10,815 |
12b-1 fees and other fees, net of fee waivers |  | $ | 1,385 |  |  | $ | 1,344 |  |  | $ | 4,094 |  |  | $ | 3,757 |
Other income |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 13 |
Investment management fee waivers (1) |  | $ | 74 |  |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 143 |  |  | $ | 69 |
12b-1 fee waivers (1) |  | $ | 378 |  |  | $ | 396 |  |  | $ | 1,147 |  |  | $ | 1,298 |
Value Line’s non-voting revenues interest |  | $ | 1,862 |  |  | $ | 1,767 |  |  | $ | 5,498 |  |  | $ | 5,028 |
EAM’s net income (2) |  | $ | 324 |  |  | $ | 414 |  |  | $ | 994 |  |  | $ | 1,138 |
(1) During fiscal 2015 and 2014, investment management fee waivers related primarily to one of the Value Line Fixed Income Mutual Funds. During fiscal 2015 and 2014, the 12b-1 fee waivers related primarily to six and seven of the Value Line Mutual Funds, respectively. (2) Represents EAM’s net income, after giving effect to Value Line’s non-voting revenues interest, but before distributions to voting profits interest holders and to the Company in respect of its 50% non-voting profits interest.
Schedule of assets and liabilities |
|  | January 31, |  |  | April 30, |
($ in thousands) |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
|  | (unaudited) |  |  |  |
EAM’s total assets |  | $ | 60,112 |  |  | $ | 59,965 |
EAM’s total liabilities (1) |  |  | (3,117 | ) |  |  | (3,158 | )
EAM’s total equity |  | $ | 56,995 |  |  | $ | 56,807 |
(1) At January 31, 2015 and April 30, 2014, EAM’s total liabilities included a payable to VLI for its distributable share of accrued non-voting revenues and non-voting profits interests of $2,008,000 and $1,887,000, respectively.

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