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Chapter 3: Q8DQ (page 182)
What does the term structure of interest rates indicate?
The term structure of interest rates indicates the market participant’s expectations about future variations in the interest rates.
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Knight Roundtable Co. has annual credit sales of $1,080,000 and an average collection period of 32 days in 2008. Assume a 360-day year. What is the company’s average accounts receivable balance? Accounts receivable are equal to the average daily credit sales times the average collection period
Lear Inc. has \(840,000 in current assets, \)370,000 of which are considered permanent current assets. In addition, the firm has \(640,000 invested in fixed assets.
a. Lear wishes to finance all fixed assets and half of its permanent current assets with long-term financing costing 8 percent. The balance will be financed with short-term financing, which currently costs 7 percent. Lear’s earnings before interest and taxes are \)240,000. Determine Lear’s earnings after taxes under this financing plan. The tax rate is 30 percent.
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.
c. What are some of the risks and cost considerations associated with each of these alternative financing strategies?
Orbital Communications has operating plants in over 100 countries. It also keeps funds for transactions purposes in many foreign countries. Assume in 2010 it held 150,000 kronas in Norway worth \(40,000. The funds drew 13 percent interest, and the krona increased 6 percent against the dollar. What is the value of the holdings, based on U.S. dollars, at year-end?
(Hint: Multiply \)40,000 times 1.13 and then multiply the resulting value by 106 percent.)
Route Canal Shipping Company has the following schedule for aging of accounts receivable:
c. If the firm likes to see its bills collected in 35 days, should it be satisfied with the average collection period?
Why are Treasury bills a favorite place for financial managers to invest excess cash?
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