Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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Investments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 27, 2021
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Note 7 : Investments
Debt Investments
Trading Assets
Net losses recorded for trading assets still held at the reporting date were $372 million in the first three months of 2021 ($231 million of net losses in the first three months of 2020). Net gains on the related derivatives were $366 million in the first three months of 2021 ($100 million of net gains in the first three months of 2020).
Available-for-Sale Debt Investments
Available-for-sale investments include corporate debt, government debt, and financial institution instruments. 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. As of March 27, 2021 and December 26, 2020, substantially all time deposits were issued by institutions outside the U.S. The adjusted cost of our available-for-sale investments was $7.0 billion as of March 27, 2021 and $7.8 billion as of December 26, 2020. The adjusted cost of our available-for-sale investments approximated the fair value for these periods.
The fair value of available-for-sale debt investments, by contractual maturity, as of March 27, 2021, was as follows:
(In Millions)
Fair Value
Due in 1 year or less
$ 3,596 
Due in 1–2 years
341 
Due in 2–5 years
1,068 
Due after 5 years
— 
Instruments not due at a single maturity date
2,130 
Total $ 7,135 
Equity Investments
(In Millions)
Mar 27, 2021 Dec 26, 2020
Marketable equity securities
$ 1,523  $ 1,830 
Non-marketable equity securities
3,864  3,304 
Equity method investments
17  18 
Total $ 5,404  $ 5,152 
The components of gains (losses) on equity investments, net for each period were as follows:
  Three Months Ended
(In Millions)
Mar 27, 2021 Mar 28, 2020
Ongoing mark-to-market adjustments on marketable equity securities
$ (291) $ (103)
Observable price adjustments on non-marketable equity securities
551  79 
Impairment charges
(38) (143)
Sale of equity investments and other¹ 146  56 
Total gains (losses) on equity investments, net $ 368  $ (111)
1 Sale of equity investments and other includes realized gains (losses) on sales of non-marketable equity investments, our share of equity method investees' gains (losses) and distributions, and initial fair value adjustments recorded upon a security becoming marketable.
Gains and losses for our marketable and non-marketable equity securities for each period were as follows:
Three Months Ended
(In Millions)
Mar 27, 2021 Mar 28, 2020
Net gains (losses) recognized during the period on equity securities
$ 311  $ (140)
Less: Net (gains) losses recognized during the period on equity securities sold during the period (85) (7)
Unrealized gains (losses) recognized during the reporting period on equity securities still held at the reporting date $ 226  $ (147)
Beijing Unisoc Technology Ltd.
We account for our interest in Beijing Unisoc Technology Ltd. (Unisoc) as a non-marketable equity security. During the first three months of 2021, we recognized $471 million in observable price adjustments in our investment in Unisoc and as of March 27, 2021 the net book value of the investment is $1.1 billion ($658 million as of December 26, 2020).