Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Standard Edition with Connect Plus
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Author: Stephen Ross
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Chapter 4, Problem 10CRCT
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To discuss about: Actions to be taken by small companies to avoid failure or closure of the business.
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Like G Company, many small businesses face problems that lead to failure and closure of the business. Therefore, some actions have to be taken when they face situations of this kind in which the sales outstrips capacity of production and financial resources.
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1. The best and most comprehensive picture of a firm's liquidity position is obtained by examining its cash budget.
2. A firm's goal should be to lengthen the cash conversion cycle since shorter cash conversion cycles leads firms to increase their dependence on costly external financing.
3. The larger the investment a firm makes in its current assets, the higher its carrying costs will be.
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1. Which of the following statements is correct?
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- Higher sales usually require higher asset levels, and this leads to what we call AFN. However, the AFN will be zero if the firm chooses to retain all of its profits, i.e., to have a zero dividend payout ratio.
- If a firm’s assets are growing at a positive rate, but its retained earnings are not increasing, then it would be impossible for the firm’s AFN to be negative.
- Dividend policy does not affect the requirement for external funds based on the AFN equation.
- AFN is not always positive.
- If a firm increases its dividend payout ratio in anticipation of higher earnings, but sales and earnings actually decrease, then the firm’s actual AFN must, mathematically, exceed the previously calculated AFN.2.
When we use the AFN equation to forecast the additional funds needed (AFN), we are implicitly assuming that all financial ratios are constant.
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Ch. 14. Which one of the following is NOT an implication of market efficiency for corporate finance?
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Managers can reap many benefits by paying attention to market prices
Firms cannot successfully time issues of debt and equity
Managers cannot profitably speculate in foreign currencies and other instruments
Firms can successfully time issues of debt and equity
Managers cannot fool the market through creative accounting
Chapter 4 Solutions
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Standard Edition with Connect Plus
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Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.1CTFCh. 4 - Prob. 4.2CTFCh. 4 - A firm has current sales of 272,600 with total...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.4CTFCh. 4 - What is generally considered when compiling a...Ch. 4 - Sales Forecast [LO1] Why do you think most...Ch. 4 - Sustainable Growth [LO3] In the chapter, we used...Ch. 4 - External Financing Needed [LO2] Testaburger, Inc.,...Ch. 4 - EFN and Growth Rates [LO2, 3] Broslofski Co....Ch. 4 - Prob. 5CRCTCh. 4 - Prob. 6CRCTCh. 4 - Prob. 7CRCTCh. 4 - Prob. 8CRCTCh. 4 - Cash Flow [LO4] Which was the biggest culprit...Ch. 4 - Prob. 10CRCTCh. 4 - Prob. 1QPCh. 4 - Prob. 2QPCh. 4 - Prob. 3QPCh. 4 - Prob. 4QPCh. 4 - Prob. 5QPCh. 4 - Prob. 6QPCh. 4 - Prob. 7QPCh. 4 - Prob. 8QPCh. 4 - Prob. 9QPCh. 4 - Prob. 10QPCh. 4 - Prob. 11QPCh. 4 - Prob. 12QPCh. 4 - Prob. 13QPCh. 4 - Prob. 14QPCh. 4 - Prob. 15QPCh. 4 - Prob. 16QPCh. 4 - Prob. 17QPCh. 4 - Prob. 18QPCh. 4 - Prob. 19QPCh. 4 - Prob. 20QPCh. 4 - Prob. 21QPCh. 4 - Prob. 22QPCh. 4 - Prob. 23QPCh. 4 - Prob. 24QPCh. 4 - Prob. 25QPCh. 4 - Prob. 26QPCh. 4 - Prob. 27QPCh. 4 - Prob. 28QPCh. 4 - Constraints on Growth [LO3] Volbeat, Inc., wishes...Ch. 4 - EFN [LO2] Define the following:...Ch. 4 - Growth Rates [LO3] Based on the result in Problem...Ch. 4 - Prob. 1MCh. 4 - Prob. 2MCh. 4 - Prob. 3M
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