Investments accounting INVESTMENTS 2 3 For strategic reasons 2. To generate earnings from investment income. 1. Corporation may have excess cash. 3. For strategic reasons. Temporary investments and the operating cycleoperatingcycle Are readily convertible to cash. S HORT -T ERM I NVESTMENTS (M ARKETABLE S HORT T ERM I NVESTMENTS (M ARKETABLE S ECURITIES ) 4 Debt Securitiesreflect creditor Debt Securitiesreflect creditor relationship (notes, bonds, etc.) I NVESTMENTS . . . 5