Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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Investments
6 Months Ended
Jun. 27, 2020
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NOTE 7 : INVESTMENTS
DEBT INVESTMENTS
Trading Assets
For trading assets still held at the reporting date we recorded net gains of $347 million in the second quarter of 2020 and net gains of $183 million in the first six months of 2020 ($99 million of net gains in the second quarter of 2019 and $117 million of net gains in the first six months of 2019). Net losses on the related derivatives were $251 million in the second quarter of 2020 and net losses of $204 million in the first six months of 2020 ($102 million of net losses in the second quarter of 2019 and $104 million of net losses in the first six months of 2019).
Available-for-Sale Debt Investments
Jun 27, 2020 Dec 28, 2019
(In Millions)
Adjusted Cost
Gross Unrealized Gains
Gross Unrealized Losses
Fair Value
Adjusted Cost
Gross Unrealized Gains
Gross Unrealized Losses
Fair Value
Corporate debt $ 3,911    $ 94    $ —    $ 4,005    $ 2,914    $ 44    $ —    $ 2,958   
Financial institution
instruments
7,985    24    —    8,009    3,007    15    (1)   3,021   
Government debt 2,491    12    —    2,503    560      —    564   
Total available-for-sale debt investments $ 14,387    $ 130    $ —    $ 14,517    $ 6,481    $ 63    $ (1)   $ 6,543   
Government debt includes instruments such as non-U.S. government bonds and U.S. agency securities. Financial institution instruments include instruments issued or managed by financial institutions in various forms such as commercial paper, fixed and floating rate bonds, money market fund deposits, and time deposits. Substantially all time deposits were issued by institutions outside the U.S. as of June 27, 2020 and December 28, 2019.
The fair value of available-for-sale debt investments, by contractual maturity, as of June 27, 2020, was as follows:
(In Millions)
Fair Value
Due in 1 year or less
$ 7,763   
Due in 1–2 years
1,525   
Due in 2–5 years
1,359   
Due after 5 years
—   
Instruments not due at a single maturity date
3,870   
Total
$ 14,517   
EQUITY INVESTMENTS
(In Millions)
Jun 27, 2020 Dec 28, 2019
Marketable equity securities
$ 464    $ 450   
Non-marketable equity securities
3,419    3,480   
Equity method investments
18    37   
Total
$ 3,901   

$ 3,967   

The components of gains (losses) on equity investments, net for each period were as follows:
 
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
(In Millions)
Jun 27, 2020 Jun 29, 2019 Jun 27, 2020 Jun 29, 2019
Ongoing mark-to-market adjustments on marketable equity securities $ 165    $ (179)   $ 62    $ 74   
Observable price adjustments on non-marketable equity securities
58      137    16   
Impairment charges
(51)   (39)   (193)   (62)  
Sale of equity investments and other¹ 95    380    150    576   
Total gains (losses) on equity investments, net
$ 267    $ 170    $ 156    $ 604   
1 Sale of equity investments and other includes realized gains (losses) on sales of non-marketable equity investments, our share of equity method investee gains (losses) and distributions, and initial fair value adjustments recorded upon a security becoming marketable.
We recognized higher than historically experienced impairment charges on our non-marketable portfolio in the first six months of 2020 based on our assessment of the impact of recent public and private market volatility and tightening of liquidity.
Gains and losses for our marketable and non-marketable equity securities during the period were as follows:
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
(In Millions)
Jun 27, 2020 Jun 29, 2019 Jun 27, 2020 Jun 29, 2019
Net gains (losses) recognized during the period on equity securities
$ 223    $ (178)   $ 83    $ 84   
Less: Net (gains) losses recognized during the period on equity securities sold during the period (55)   (33)   (58)   (258)  
Unrealized gains (losses) recognized during the reporting period on equity securities still held at the reporting date $ 168    $ (211)   $ 25    $ (174)  
IMFT
IMFT was formed in 2006 by Micron Technology, Inc. (Micron) and Intel to jointly develop NAND flash memory and 3D XPoint™ technology products. As of June 29, 2019, we had a carrying value of $1.3 billion in IMFT and owned a 49% interest in the unconsolidated variable interest entity. We sold our non-controlling interest in IMFT to Micron in October 2019. We will continue to purchase product manufactured by Micron at the IMFT facility under supply agreements, which include the next generation of 3D XPoint™ technology.