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Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value

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Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] Ìý
Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value
For assets and liabilities required to be reported at fair value, GAAP provides a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. LevelÌý1 inputs are quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. LevelÌý2 inputs are inputs, other than quoted market prices included within LevelÌý1, that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. LevelÌý3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. Liberty does not have any assets or liabilities required to be measured at fair value considered to be Level 3.
Liberty's assets and liabilities measured at fair value are as follows:
Ìý
Fair Value Measurements at
March 31, 2014
Ìý
Fair Value Measurements at
December 31, 2013
Description
Total
Ìý
Quoted prices
in active markets
for identical assets
(LevelÌý1)
Ìý
Significant other
observable
inputs
(LevelÌý2)
Ìý
Total
Ìý
Quoted prices
in active markets
for identical assets
(LevelÌý1)
Ìý
Significant other
observable
inputs
(LevelÌý2)
Ìý
amounts in millions
Cash equivalents
$
175

Ìý
175

Ìý
—

Ìý
859

Ìý
859

Ìý
—

Available-for-sale securities
$
1,268

Ìý
953

Ìý
315

Ìý
1,293

Ìý
978

Ìý
315

Financial instrument assets
$
289

Ìý
—

Ìý
289

Ìý
397

Ìý
—

Ìý
397

Debt
$
942

Ìý
—

Ìý
942

Ìý
1,002

Ìý
—

Ìý
1,002


The majority of Liberty's LevelÌý2 financial assets are primarily investments in debt related instruments and certain derivative instruments. The Company notes that these assets are not always traded publicly or not considered to be traded on "active markets," as defined in GAAP. The fair values for such instruments are derived from a typical model using observable market data as the significant inputs. Accordingly, those Available-for-Sale securities and debt related instruments are reported in the foregoing table as LevelÌý2 fair value.
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Financial Instruments
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments are comprised of changes in the fair value of the following:
Ìý
Three months ended
March 31,
Ìý
2014
Ìý
2013
Ìý
amounts in millions
Fair Value Option Securities
(15
)
Ìý
82

Cash convertible notes (a)
59

Ìý
—

Other derivatives (b)
(109
)
Ìý
15

Ìý
(65
)
Ìý
97



(a)
Liberty issued $1 billion of cash convertible notes in October 2013 which are accounted for at fair value (Level 2), as elected by Liberty at the issuance of the notes.

(b)
Derivatives, including the Charter warrants (as discussed in note 6) and the bond hedge (as discussed in note 8), are marked to market based on the trading price of underlying securities and other observable market data as the significant inputs (Level 2).