The purpose of the fair value adjustment for marketable equity securities is to: Adjust a corporation's capital stock account to reflect the current market value of the outstanding capital stock. Compute the amount of taxes payable on unrealized gains and losses. Adjust the valuation of a company's investment in those securities to current market value. Recognize the average gain or loss on fluctuations in the market value of these securities in the current period income statement.

The main purpose of the fair value adjustment for marketable equity securities is to adjust a corporation's capital stock account to reflect the current market value of the outstanding capital stock.

What is a marketable equity securities?

This securities represents investments that can easily be bought, sold or traded on public exchanges.

Some examples of a marketable equity securities includes a stocks, bonds, preferred shares, ETF etc.

However, the periodic fair value adjustment for marketable equity securities is to adjust a corporation's capital stock account.

Therefore, the Option A is correct.

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