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a. On February 15, paid $150,000 cash to purchase American General's 90-day short-term notes at par, which are dated February 15 and pay 7% interest (classified as held-to-maturity). b. On March 22, bought 800 shares of Fran Industries common stock at $32 cash per share plus a $160 brokerage fee (classified as long-term available-for-sale securities). c. On May 15, received a check from American General in payment of the principal and 90 days' interest on the notes purchased in transaction a. d. On July 30, paid $45,000 cash to purchase MP3 Electronics' 6% notes at par, dated July 30, 2013, and maturing on January 30, 2014 (classified as trading securities). e. On September 1, received a $0.34 per share cash dividend on the Fran Industries common stock purchased in transaction b. f. On October 8, sold 400 shares of Fran Industries common stock for $38 cash per share, less a $140 brokerage fee. g. On October 30, received a check from MP3 Electronics for three months interest on the notes purchased in transaction d. Prepare journal entries to record the above transactions involving both the short-term and long-term investments of Cancun Corp., all of which occurred during calendar year 2013. Use the account Short-Term Investments for any transactions that you determine are short term. (Use 360 days in a year. Do not round your intermediate calculations.)

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