Calculating Float. You have $35,400 on deposit with no outstanding checks or uncleared deposits. One day you write a check for $4,700 and then deposit a check for $6,300. What are your disbursement, collection, and net floats?
Size of Accounts Recelvable. The Johnson Corporation has annual credit sales of $31 million. The average collection period is 33 days. What is the average investment in accounts receivable as shown on the balance sheet?
Terms of Sale. A firm offers terms of (2)/(15), net 40 . What effective annual interest rate doe the firm earn when a customer does not take the discount? Without doing any calculations, explain what will happen to this effective rate if:
a. The discount is changed to 3 percent
b. The credit period is increased to 60 days.
c. The discount period is increased to 20 days.
d. What is the EAR for each scenario?
Safety Stocks and Order Points. Sache, Inc., expects to sell 700 of its designer suits every week. The store is open seven days a week and expects to sell the same number of suits every day. The company has an EOQ of 500 suits and a safety stock of 100 suits. Once an order is place, it takes three days for Sache to get the suits in. How many orders does the company place per year? Assume that it is Monday morning before the store opens, and a shipment of suits has just arrived. When will Sache place its next order?
Agency Issues. It is sometimes argued that excess cash held by a firm can aggravate agency problems (discussed in Chapter 1) and more generally, reduce incentives for shareholder wealth maximization. How would you frame the issue here?
Use of Excess Cash. One options a firm usually has with any excess cash is to pay its suppliers more quickly. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this use of excess cash?
Use of Excess Cash. Another option usually available for dealing with excess cash is to rfduce the firm's outstanding debt. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the use of excess cash?
1)Calculating Float.You have $35,400 on deposit with no outstanding checks or uncleared deposits.One day you write a check for $4,700 and then deposit a check for $6,300.What are your disbursement, collection, and net floats?
2)Size of Accounts Receivable. The Johnson Corporation has annual credit sales of $31 million. The average collection period is 33 days. What is the average investment in accounts receivable as shown on the balance sheet?
3Terms of Sale.A firm offers terms of 2/15,net 40.What effective annual interest rate doe the firm earn when a customer does not take the discount? Without doing any calculations,explain what will happen to this effective rate if:
a.The discount is changed to 3 percent b.The credit period is increased to 60 days. c. The discount period is increased to 20 days. d. What is the EAR for each scenario?
Safety Stocks and Order Points.Sache,Inc.,expects to sell 700 of its designer suits every week The store is open seven days a week and expects to sell the same number of suits every day The company has an EOQ of 500 suits and a safety stock of 100 suits.Once an order is place,it takes three days for Sache to get the suits in. How many orders does the company place per year? Assume that it is Monday morning before the store opens,and a shipment of suits has just arrived.When will Sache place its next order?
5)Agency Issues. It is sometimes argued that excess cash held by a firm can aggravate agency problems (discussed in Chapter 1) and more generally,reduce incentives for shareholder wealth maximization. How would you frame the issue here?
6)Use of Excess Cash.One options a firm usually has with any excess cash is to pay its suppliers more quickly. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this use of excess cash?
7Use of Excess Cash. Another option usually available for dealing with excess cash is to duce the firm's outstanding debt. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the use of excess cash?
