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Chapter 3: Q2DQ (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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What is the prime interest rate? How does the average bank customer fare in regard to the prime interest rate?
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.
c. What would happen if the short- and long-term rates were reversed?
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 \(1 each. Esquire uses level production, and average monthly production is equal to annual production divided by 12.
d. Construct a cash budget for January through December using the cash receipts schedule from part b and the cash payments schedule from part c. The beginning cash balance is \)3,000, which is also the minimum desired.
Henderson Office Supply is considering a more liberal credit policy to increase sales, but expects that 9 percent of the new accounts will be uncollectible. Collection costs are 6 percent of new sales, production and selling costs are 74 percent, and accounts receivable turnover is four times. Assume income taxes of 20 percent and an increase in sales of $65,000. No other asset build-up will be required to service the new accounts.
a. What is the level of accounts receivable to support this sales expansion?
What does LIBOR mean? Is LIBOR normally higher or lower than the U.S. prime interest rate?
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