Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Investments

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Investments
3 Months Ended
Apr. 02, 2022
Investments and Cash [Abstract]  
Investments
Note 6 : Investments
Short-term Investments
Short-term investments include marketable debt investments in 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 April 2, 2022 and December 25, 2021, substantially all time deposits were issued by institutions outside the U.S.
For certain of our marketable debt investments, we economically hedge market risks at inception with a related derivative instrument or the marketable debt investment itself is used to economically hedge currency exchange rate risk from remeasurement. These hedged investments are reported at fair value with gains or losses from the investments and the related derivative instruments recorded in interest and other, net. The fair value of our hedged investments was $26.8 billion as of April 2, 2022 and $21.5 billion as of December 25, 2021. For hedged investments still held at the reporting date, we recorded net losses of $411 million in the first three months of 2022 ($372 million of net losses in the first three months of 2021). Net gains on the related derivatives were $377 million in the first three months of 2022 ($366 million of net gains in the first three months of 2021).
Our remaining unhedged marketable debt investments are reported at fair value, with unrealized gains or losses, net of tax, recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). The adjusted cost of these investments was $9.8 billion as of April 2, 2022 and $5.0 billion as of December 25, 2021, which approximated the fair value for these periods.
The fair value of marketable debt investments, by contractual maturity, as of April 2, 2022, was as follows:
(In Millions)
Fair Value
Due in 1 year or less
$ 26,683 
Due in 1–2 years
4,103 
Due in 2–5 years
4,275 
Due after 5 years
613 
Instruments not due at a single maturity date
859 
Total $ 36,533 
Equity Investments
(In Millions)
Apr 2, 2022 Dec 25, 2021
Marketable equity securities
$ 1,764  $ 2,171 
Non-marketable equity securities
4,258  4,111 
Equity method investments
14  16 
Total $ 6,036  $ 6,298 
The components of gains (losses) on equity investments, net for each period were as follows:
  Three Months Ended
(In Millions)
Apr 2, 2022 Mar 27, 2021
Ongoing mark-to-market adjustments on marketable equity securities
$ (430) $ (291)
Observable price adjustments on non-marketable equity securities
71  551 
Impairment charges
(23) (38)
Sale of equity investments and other¹ 4,705  146 
Total gains (losses) on equity investments, net $ 4,323  $ 368 
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)
Apr 2, 2022 Mar 27, 2021
Net gains (losses) recognized during the period on equity securities
$ (244) $ 311 
Less: Net (gains) losses recognized during the period on equity securities sold during the period (17) (85)
Unrealized gains (losses) recognized during the reporting period on equity securities still held at the reporting date $ (261) $ 226 
McAfee Corp.
McAfee Corp. (McAfee) completed its initial public offering in October 2020. Due to our 41% ownership and significant influence as of December 25, 2021, we accounted for it as an equity method investment. We had no accounting carrying value as of December 25, 2021.
In Q1 2022, the sale of McAfee to an investor group was completed. We received $4.6 billion in cash for the sale of our remaining share of McAfee and recognized $4.6 billion of gains in Sale of equity investments and other.
Beijing Unisoc Technology Ltd.
We account for our interest in Beijing Unisoc Technology Ltd. (Unisoc) as a non-marketable equity security. In the first quarter of 2021, we recognized $471 million in observable price adjustments in our investment in Unisoc. As of April 2, 2022 the net book value of the investment is $1.1 billion ($1.1 billion as of December 25, 2021).