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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Assume that Atlas Sporting Goods Inc. has \(840,000 in assets. If it goes with a low-liquidity plan for the assets, it can earn a return of 15 percent, but with a high-liquidity plan the return will be 12 percent. If the firm goes with a short-term financing plan, the financing costs on the \)840,000 will be 9 percent, and with a long-term financing plan, the financing costs on the $840,000 will be 11 percent. (Review Table 6-11 for parts a, b, and c of this problem.)
a. Compute the anticipated return after financing costs with the most aggressive asset financing mix.
b. Compute the anticipated return after financing costs with the most conservative asset financing mix.
c. Compute the anticipated return after financing costs with the two moderate approaches to the asset financing mix.
d. If the firm used the most aggressive asset financing mix described in part a and had the anticipated return you computed for part a, what would earnings per share be if the tax rate on the anticipated return was 30 percent and there were 20,000 shares outstanding?
e. Now assume the most conservative asset financing mix described in part b will be utilized. The tax rate will be 30 percent. Also assume there will only be 5,000 shares outstanding. What will earnings per share be? Would it be higher or lower than the earnings per share computed for the most aggressive plan computed in part d?
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?
Using the expectations hypothesis theory for the term structure of interest rates, determine the expected return for securities with maturities of two, three, and four years based on the following data. Do an analysis similar to that in the right-hand portion of Table 6-6.
1-year T bill at the beginning of year 1 | 5% |
1-year T bill at the beginning of year 2 | 8% |
1-year T bill at the beginning of year 3 | 7% |
1-year T bill at the beginning of year 4 | 10% |
What are three theories for describing the shape of the term structure of interest rates (the yield curve)? Briefly describe each theory.
Question: Nowlin Pipe & Steel has projected sales of 72,000 pipes this year, an ordering cost of \(6 per order, and carrying costs of \)2.40 per pipe.
b. How many orders will be placed during the year?
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