Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value

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Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value  
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. Level 1 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. Level 2 inputs are inputs, other than quoted market prices included within Level 1, that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.
Liberty's assets and liabilities measured at fair value are as follows:
 
December 31, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
Description
Total
 
Quoted prices
in active markets
for identical assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
 
Total
 
Quoted prices
in active markets
for identical assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
 
 
 
amounts in millions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash equivalents
$
1,224

 
1,224

 
—

 
—

 
1,866

 
1,845

 
21

 
—

Short term marketable securities
$
67

 
—

 
67

 
—

 
299

 
—

 
299

 
—

Available-for-sale securities
$
1,361

 
978

 
383

 
—

 
1,851

 
1,441

 
410

 
—


The majority of Liberty's Level 2 financial assets are investments in debt related 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. The fair value of debt related instruments in the prior year was based on quoted market prices but not considered to be traded on "active markets," as defined by GAAP. Accordingly, those Available-for-sale securities, financial instruments and debt related instruments are reported in the foregoing table as Level 2 fair value.