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Chapter 3: 12DQ (page 182)
Discuss the relative volatility of short- and long-term interest rates.
Short-term interest rates are more volatile than long-term interest rates.
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Route Canal Shipping Company has the following schedule for aging of accounts receivable:
d. Disregarding your answer to part c and considering the aging schedule for accounts receivable, should the company be satisfied?
City Farm Insurance has collection centers across the country to speed up collections. The company also makes its disbursements from remote disbursement centers so the firm’s checks will take longer to clear the bank. Collection time has been reduced by two days and disbursement time increased by one day because of these policies. Excess funds are being invested in short-term instruments yielding 12 percent per annum.
b. How much can City Farm earn in dollars per year on short-term investments made possible by the freed-up cash?
Esquire Products Inc. expects the following monthly sales:
January | \(28,000 |
February | \)19,000 |
March | \(12,000 |
April | \)14,000 |
May | \(8,000 |
June | \)6,000 |
July | \(22,000 |
August | \)26,000 |
September | \(29,000 |
October | \)34,000 |
November | \(42,000 |
December | \)24,000 |
Total annual sales | \(264,000 |
Cash sales are 40 percent in a given month, with the remainder going into accounts receivable. All receivables are collected in the month following the sale. Esquire sells all of its goods for \)2 each and produces them for \(1 each. Esquire uses level production, and average monthly production is equal to annual production divided by 12.
e. Determine total current assets for each month. Include cash, accounts receivable, and inventory. Accounts receivable equal sales minus 40 percent of sales for a given month. Inventory is equal to ending inventory (part a) times the cost of \)1 per unit.
Bombs Away Video Games Corporation has forecasted the following monthly sales:
January | \(100,000 |
February | \)93,000 |
March | \(25,000 |
April | \)25,000 |
May | \(20,000 |
June | \)35,000 |
July | \(45,000 |
August | \)45,000 |
September | \(55,000 |
October | \)85,000 |
November | \(105,000 |
December | \)123,000 |
Total annual sales | \(756,000 |
Bombs Away Video Games sells the popular Strafe and Capture video game. It sells for \)5 per unit and costs \(2 per unit to produce. A level production policy is followed. Each month’s production is equal to annual sales (in units) divided by 12.
Of each month’s sales, 30 percent are for cash and 70 percent are on account. All accounts receivable are collected in the month after the sale is made.
c. Determine a cash payments schedule for January through December. The production costs of \)2 per unit are paid for in the month in which they occur. Other cash payments, besides those for production costs, are $45,000 per month.
Neon Light Company of Kansas City ships lamps and lighting appliances throughout the country. Ms. Neon has determined that through the establishment of local collection centers around the country, she can speed up the collection of payments by three days. Furthermore, the cash management department of her bank has indicated to her that she can defer her payments on her accounts by one-half day without affecting suppliers. The bank has a remote disbursement center in Florida.
a. If Neon Light Company has \(2.25 million per day in collections and \)1.05 million per day in disbursements, how many dollars will the cash management system free up?
b. If Neon Light Company can earn 6 percent per annum on freed-up funds, how much will the income be?
c. If the total cost of the new system is $400,000, should it be implemented?
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