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<strong>FIN</strong> <strong>571</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 3 DQ 1 NEW<br />

The Long-Term funding strategy relies on long-term debt to finance both capital assets and working capital. As a<br />

result, this strategy reduces risk since there is no need to consider refinancing assets since all funding is long<br />

term.<br />

How would a 'changing rate environment' impact the use of this strategy?<br />

<strong>FIN</strong> <strong>571</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 3 DQ 2 NEW<br />

Managers must think not only in terms of a trade-off or a pecking order theories but remain concerned with how<br />

their financing decisions will influence the practical issues that they must deal with when managing a business.<br />

Financial flexibility is an important consideration in many capital structure decisions. As you pointed out,<br />

managers must ensure that they retain sufficient financial resources in the firm to take advantage of unexpected<br />

opportunities as well as unforeseen problems. They try to manage their firms' capital structures in a way that<br />

limits the risk to a reasonable level.<br />

How can managers use leverage and control to support their capital structure decisions?<br />

<strong>FIN</strong> <strong>571</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 3 DQ 3 NEW<br />

Short term funding strategy involves various sources of short-term financing such as:


Accounts payable (trade credit), bank loans, and commercial paper are common sources of short-term financing.<br />

Accounts payable constituted about 35 percent of total current liabilities for all publicly traded manufacturing<br />

firms. The buyer needs to figure out whether it makes financial sense to pay early and take advantage of the<br />

discount or to wait and pay in full when the account is due.<br />

Short-term bank loans accounted for about 20 percent of total current liabilities for all publicly traded<br />

manufacturing firms. An informal line of credit is a verbal agreement between the firm and the bank, allowing<br />

the firm to borrow up to an agreed-upon upper limit.<br />

In exchange for providing the line of credit, a bank may require that the firm holds acompensating balance with<br />

them.<br />

What are some other sources of short-term financing used with this strategy?<br />

<strong>FIN</strong> <strong>571</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 3 Individual Interpreting Financial Results NEW<br />

Resource: Financial Statements for the company assigned by your instructor in <strong>Week</strong> 2.<br />

Review the assigned company's financial statements from the past three years.<br />

Calculate the financial ratios for the assigned company's financial statements, and then interpret those results<br />

against company historical data as well as industry benchmarks:<br />

<br />

<br />

Compare the financial ratios with each of the preceding three (3) years (e.g. 2014 with 2013; 2013 with<br />

2012; and 2012 with 2011).<br />

Compare the calculated financial ratios against the industry benchmarks for the industry of your<br />

assigned company.<br />

Write a 500 to 750 word summary of your analysis.<br />

Show financial calculations where appropriate.<br />

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<strong>FIN</strong> <strong>571</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 3 Learning Team Reflection NEW<br />

Watch the "Concept Review Video: Working Capital Management" video located in theWileyPLUS Assignment:<br />

<strong>Week</strong> 3 Videos Activity.<br />

Discuss strategies these business owners used to manage their working capital.<br />

Write a 350-700 word summary of your discussion.<br />

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<strong>FIN</strong> <strong>571</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 3 WileyPLUS Practice Quiz NEW<br />

Multiple Choice Question 32<br />

The operating cycle<br />

ends not with the finished goods being sold to customers and the cash collected on the sales; but when you take<br />

into account the time taken by the firm to pay for its purchases.<br />

To measure operating cycle we need another measure called the days' payables outstanding.<br />

begins when the firm receives the raw materials it purchased that would be used to produce the goods that the<br />

firm manufactures.<br />

begins when the firm uses its cash to purchase raw materials and ends when the firm collects cash payments on<br />

its credit sales.<br />

Multiple Choice Question 57<br />

You are provided the following working capital information for the Ridge Company:<br />

Ridge Company<br />

Account $<br />

Inventory $12,890<br />

Accounts receivable 12,800<br />

Accounts payable 12,670<br />

Net sales $124,589<br />

Cost of goods sold 99,630<br />

Operating cycle: What is the operating cycle for Ridge Company?<br />

51 days<br />

47 days<br />

85 days


36 days<br />

Multiple Choice Question 80<br />

Ticktock Clocks sells 10,000 alarm clocks each year. If the total cost of placing an order is $65 and it costs $85 per<br />

year to carry the alarm clock in inventory, use the EOQ formula to calculate the optimal order size.<br />

26,154 clocks<br />

24 clocks<br />

15,294 clocks<br />

161 clocks<br />

Multiple Choice Question 49<br />

The asset substitution problem occurs when<br />

managers substitute less risky assets for riskier ones to the detriment of equity holders.<br />

managers substitute riskier assets for less risky ones to the detriment of bondholders.<br />

managers substitute less risky assets for riskier ones to the detriment of bondholders.<br />

managers substitute riskier assets for less risky ones to the detriment of equity holders.<br />

Multiple Choice Question 53<br />

M&M Proposition 1: Dynamo Corp. produces annual cash flows of $150 and is expected to exist forever. The<br />

company is currently financed with 75 percent equity and 25 percent debt. Your analysis tells you that the<br />

appropriate discount rates are 10 percent for the cash flows, and 7 percent for the debt. You currently own 10<br />

percent of the stock.<br />

How much are your cash flows today?<br />

$4.50<br />

$12.38<br />

$150<br />

$15


Multiple Choice Question 62<br />

M&M Proposition 2: Melba's Toast has a capital structure with 30% debt and 70% equity. Its pretax cost of debt is<br />

6%, and its cost of equity is 10%. The firm's marginal corporate income tax rate is 35%. What is the appropriate<br />

WACC?<br />

6.35%<br />

7.44%<br />

8.80%<br />

8.17%<br />

Multiple Choice Question 39<br />

According to the text, the financial plan covers a period of<br />

ten years.<br />

none of these.<br />

one year.<br />

three to five years.<br />

Multiple Choice Question 45<br />

The financing plan of a firm will indicate<br />

the firm's dividend policy, the desired capital structure for the firm, and the firm's working capital policy.<br />

the dollar amount of funds that has to be raised externally and the sources of funds available to the firm, the<br />

desired capital structure for the firm, and the firm's dividend policy.<br />

the dollar amount of funds that has to be raised externally and the sources of funds available to the firm, the<br />

desired capital structure for the firm, and the firm's working capital policy.<br />

the dollar amount of funds that has to be raised externally and the sources of funds available to the firm, the<br />

firm's dividend policy, and the firm's working capital policy.<br />

Multiple Choice Question 74<br />

Payout and retention ratio: Tradewinds Corp. has revenues of $9,651,220, costs of $6,080,412, interest payment<br />

of $511,233, and a tax rate of 34 percent. It paid dividends of $1,384,125 to shareholders. Find the firm's<br />

dividend payout ratio and retention ratio.


25%, 75%<br />

66%, 34%<br />

34%, 66%<br />

69%, 31%

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