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Marketable Investments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract] |
Summary of Company's Marketable Investments | The following table summarizes the Company’s marketable investments, all of which are classified as available-for-sale (in thousands):
|  | As of December 31, 2014 |
|  | Amortized Cost |  |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  |  | Market Value |
Federal agency and corporate obligations |  | $ | 55,005 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | (133 | ) |  | $ | 54,885 |
|  | As of December 31, 2013 |
|  | Amortized Cost |  |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  |  | Market Value |
State and municipal obligations |  | $ | 6,809 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 6,814 |
Federal agency and corporate obligations |  |  | 74,179 |  |  |  | 112 |  |  |  | (92 | ) |  |  | 74,199 |
Total |  | $ | 80,988 |  |  | $ | 117 |  |  | $ | (92 | ) |  | $ | 81,013 |
Summary of Maturity Periods of Marketable Securities | The following table summarizes the maturity periods of the marketable securities in the Company’s portfolio as of December 31, 2014.
|  | FY 2015 |  |  | FY2016 |  |  | FY2017 |  |  | Total |
Federal agency and corporate obligations |  | $ | 21,076 |  |  | $ | 16,109 |  |  | $ | 17,700 |  |  | $ | 54,885 |
Summary of Gross Unrealized Losses and Market Value of Available-for-Sale Securities with Unrealized Losses | The following table shows the gross unrealized losses and market value of Forrester’s available-for-sale securities with unrealized losses that are not deemed to be other-than-temporary, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position (in thousands):
|  | As of December 31, 2014 |
|  | Less Than 12 Months |  |  | 12 Months or Greater |
|  | Market Value |  |  | Unrealized Losses |  |  | Market Value |  |  | Unrealized Losses |
Federal agency and corporate obligations |  | $ | 38,175 |  |  | $ | 133 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
|  | As of December 31, 2013 |
|  | Less Than 12 Months |  |  | 12 Months or Greater |
|  | Market Value |  |  | Unrealized Losses |  |  | Market Value |  |  | Unrealized Losses |
Federal agency and corporate obligations |  | $ | 30,645 |  |  | $ | 92 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Summary of Company's Fair Value Hierarchy for its Financial Assets | The following table represents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial assets (cash equivalents and marketable investments) measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):
|  | As of December 31, 2014 |
|  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |  |  | Total |
Money market funds (1) |  | $ | 1,794 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,794 |
Federal agency and corporate obligations |  |  | — |  |  |  | 54,885 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 54,885 |
Total |  | $ | 1,794 |  |  | $ | 54,885 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 56,679 |
|  | As of December 31, 2013 |
|  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |  |  | Total |
Money market funds (1) |  | $ | 6,897 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 6,897 |
State and municipal obligations |  |  | — |  |  |  | 6,814 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 6,814 |
Federal agency and corporate obligations (2) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 80,449 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 80,449 |
Total |  | $ | 6,897 |  |  | $ | 87,263 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 94,160 |
(1) | Included in cash and cash equivalents.
(2) | $6.2 million included in cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2013 as original maturities at the time of purchase were 90 days or less.
Summary of Changes in Fair Value of Level 3 Financial Assets | The following table provides a summary of changes in fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial assets for the year ended December 31, 2013 (in thousands):
|  | ARS |
Balance at December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 8,970 |
Sales |  |  | (9,108 | )
Gains included in other comprehensive income |  |  | 138 |
Losses transferred out of other comprehensive loss |  |  | 1,892 |
Losses included in earnings |  |  | (1,892 | )
Balance at December 31, 2013 |  | $ | — |

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