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Investments
Investments in Marketable Securities
The Company may invest a portion of its cash reserves in marketable debt securities. These investments are reported in Short-term investments in marketable securities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the fair values of the Company's available-for-sale securities, which were equal to the amortized costs, were $0.8 million. The Company had no maturities of available-for-sale securities in 2018 and had $35.0 million and $10.7 million of maturities of available-for-sale securities during 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Equity Investments
The Company has certain unconsolidated international and domestic affiliates that are accounted for using the equity method. The equity method is applied in situations in which the Company has the ability to exercise significant influence, but not control, over the investees. Management reviews equity investments for impairment whenever indicators are present suggesting that the carrying value of an investment is not recoverable. The following items are examples of impairment indicators: significant, sustained declines in an investee’s revenue, earnings, and cash flow trends; adverse market conditions of the investee’s industry or geographic area; the investee’s inability to execute its operating plan; the investee’s ability to continue operations measured by several items, including liquidity; and other factors. Once an impairment indicator is identified, management uses considerable judgment to determine if the decline in value is other than temporary, in which case the equity investment is written down to its estimated fair value, which could negatively impact reported results of operations.
In the fourth quarter of 2018, the Company sold its 36 percent equity investment in Bella-Veneet Oy (Bella), a Finnish boat manufacturer, which had previously been fully impaired due to significant declines in profitability that were deemed other than temporary. As a result, the Company recorded a gain of $2.3 million within Equity earnings on the Consolidated Statements of Operations, which was equal to the proceeds from the sale.
Refer to Note 11 – Financing Joint Venture for more details on the Company’s Brunswick Acceptance Company, LLC joint venture.
Brunswick did not receive any dividends from its unconsolidated affiliates in 2018 or 2016. Brunswick received $0.4 million in dividends from its unconsolidated affiliates in 2017.
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