Nintendo Q1 - $221m loss on of revenue $1.08bn. Shipments: 1.86m 3DS, 710k Wii, 540k DS

[gumby_trucker]

kowenicki said:

The balance of cash and deposits was lowered primarily due to the facts that the payment for purchases of short-term and long term investment securities was made, that money provided mainly by collections of trade accounts receivable, which decreased due to the decline of net sales, fell short of the payments made for trade accounts payable, ordinary expenses, corporate income taxes and dividends, and that the yen was appreciated against the U.S. dollar and Euro.

what does he mean by investment securities?