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Chapter 3: 5DQ (page 219)
Why are Treasury bills a favorite place for financial managers to invest excess cash?
Investors use the treasury bills as they are highly liquid and can be easily sold whenever the investor requires cash.
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Colter Steel has \(4,200,000 in assets.
Temporary current assets | \)1,000,000 |
Permanent current assets | \(2,000,000 |
Fixed assets | \)1,200,000 |
Total assets | \(4,200,000 |
Short-term rates are 8 percent. Long-term rates are 13 percent. Earnings before interest and taxes are \)996,000. The tax rate is 40 percent. If long-term financing is perfectly matched (synchronized) with long-term asset needs, and the same is true of short-term financing, what will earnings after taxes be? For a graphical example of perfectly matched plans, see Figure 6-5.
Thompson Wood Products has credit sales of \(2,160,000 and accounts receivable of \)288,000. Compute the value of the average collection period.
Guardian Inc. is trying to develop an asset financing plan. The firm has \(400,000 in temporary current assets and \)300,000 in permanent current assets. Guardian also has $500,000 in fixed assets. Assume a tax rate of 40 percent.
a. Construct two alternative financing plans for Guardian. One of the plans should be conservative, with 75 percent of assets financed by long-term sources, and the other should be aggressive, with only 56.25 percent of assets financed by long-term sources. The current interest rate is 15 percent on long-term funds and 10 percent on short-term financing.
Lear Inc. has \(840,000 in current assets, \)370,000 of which are considered permanent current assets. In addition, the firm has \(640,000 invested in fixed assets.
b. As an alternative, Lear might wish to finance all fixed assets and permanent current assets plus half of its temporary current assets with long-term financing and the balance with short-term financing. The same interest rates apply as in part a. Earnings before interest and taxes will be \)240,000. What will be Lear’s earnings after taxes? The tax rate is 30 percent.
A firm that uses short-term financing methods for a portion of permanent current assets is assuming more risk but expects higher returns than a firm with a normal financing plan. Explain.
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