Fair Value of Financial Instruments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

The Company owns marketable securities that are solely classified as trading securities as of December 31, 2015. There were no transfers of assets between levels within the fair value hierarchy. The following table summarizes the fair value of these marketable securities by level within the fair value hierarchy:



	December 31, 2015						December 31, 2014
	Level 1		Level 2		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Total

U.S. Treasury notes and bonds	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,338,010	$	—	$	1,338,010
U.S. Agency issued mortgage-backed securities - variable rate	—		5,700,335		5,700,335		—		4,003,375		4,003,375
U.S. Agency notes and bonds - fixed rate	—		2,447,066		2,447,066		—		3,251,336		3,251,336
SBA loan pools - variable rate	—		1,681,714		1,681,714		—		1,413,697		1,413,697
Municipal bonds - VRDN	4,735,000		—		4,735,000		4,835,000		—		4,835,000
Total fair value of marketable securities	$	4,735,000	$	9,829,115	$	14,564,115	$	6,173,010	$	8,668,408	$	14,841,418

The fair values of all other financial instruments outstanding as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 approximate their carrying values. There were no changes to the valuation techniques for the Level 2 marketable securities during 2015 or 2014.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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