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Marketable Equity Securities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Notes to Financial Statements

Marketable Equity Securities and Accumulated OCI

(in thousands)	March 31,     2018	December 31,     2017
Marketable equity at cost	$1,714	$1,714
Unrealized gain on marketable equity securities	488	929
Marketable equity securities at fair value	2,202	$2,643

Changes in Marketable Equity Securities

(in thousands)	Three months ended March 31,
	2018	2017
Cost of marketable equity securities sold	$   -	$   38
Realized gain on marketable equity securities sold	-	221
Proceeds from the sale of marketable equity securities sold	-	(259)
Purchase of marketable equity securities	-	477
Gross unrealized (loss) gain recorded in the statement of operations	(441)	128
Change in marketable equity securities at fair value	(441)	$ 346

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