Investments in U.S. Treasury Securities

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2012

We classify our investments as held-to-maturity and record them at amortized cost. These investments consist entirely of U.S. treasury securities. The following table summarizes the amortized cost basis and fair value (based on quoted market prices) at April 30, 2012 and October 31, 2011:



	Amortized cost		Gross unrealized gains		Gross unrealized (losses)		Fair value
U.S. government obligations
As of April 30, 2012	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
As of October 31, 2011	$	12,016	$	14	$	—	$	12,030

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The entire disclosure for investment holdings. This includes the long positions of investments for the entity. It contains investments in affiliated and unaffiliated issuers. The investments include securities and non securities (i.e. commodities and futures contracts).

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