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What is the primary focus of working capital management?

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The primary focus of working capital management is managing inventory and receivables (current assets and liabilities).

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How is Net Working Capital calculated?

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NWC = Current Assets - Current Liabilities

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What are the characteristics of effective Working Capital Management?

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An effective Working Capital Management shortens the cash conversion cycle.

It doesn’t negatively impact operations.

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4
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What is the Inventory Conversion Period?

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The Inventory Conversion Period is the average time needed to convert materials into finished goods and sell them.

Average Inventory = (BI + E) / 2

Inventory Conversion Period
= Average Inventory / (COGS / 365)

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5
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What is the Receivables Collection Period?

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Receivables Collection Period refers to the average time needed to collect A/R.

Ending A/R / (Net Sales / 365)

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What is the Payables Deferral Period?

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Payables Deferral Period is the average time between materials and labor purchase and their A/P payment.

Average Payables = (BP + EP) / 2

Payables Deferral Period = Average Payables / (COGS/365)

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What is the Cash Conversion Cycle?

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Cash Conversion Cycle is the amount of time it takes to receive a cash inflow (Customers) after making a cash outflow (Vendors).

Cash Conversion Cycle =

Inventory Conversion Period
+ Receivables Collection Period
- Payables Deferral Period

(Inventory Really (-Pays) Cash)

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8
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What traits should Cash and Short-Term Investments have?

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Liquid & Safe

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9
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What are Letters of Credit used for?

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Letters of Credit are used for importing goods. They are being issued by importer’s bank.

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10
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What is the advantage of using Trade Credit?

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No interest cost if paid timely.

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11
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What is a Lockbox System? What are the advantages?

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  • Customer Payments are sent to a bank-managed PO
    box.
  • Employees don’t have access to cash.
  • Deposits are more timely.
  • Interest income from deposits should pay for the
    Lockbox fees (If they don’t, the lockbox is not
    beneficial).
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12
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What is float?

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Float refer to the time it takes to mail a payment and have it clear your bank account.

  • Maximize float on cash payments
  • Minimize float on cash receipts
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13
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What are Zero Balance Accounts?

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Regional bank sends enough cash to cover daily checks.

Advantages:

- Checks take longer to clear - more float
- Low amounts of cash tied up for compensating 
 (minimum) balances
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14
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What are the differences between Treasury Bills, Notes and Bonds?

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Treasury Bills: Short term (less than one year)
- Think: $1 Bill

Treasury Notes: Medium-term
- (1 to 10 years)

Treasury Bonds: Long term (greater than 10 years)
- Think: the government is in long-term bondage to
you; they owe you money

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15
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What is commercial paper?

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Commercial paper is similar to T-Bill, but issued by corporations instead of government.

  • Greater than Nine Months Maturity
  • Unsecured
  • Issued by large firms
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16
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of Commercial Paper?

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Advantages:

  • Financing at less than Prime.
  • No compensating balances required.

Disadvantages:
- Unpredictability of markets.
- Credit crisis emerges and large insurance/investment
companies aren’t lending.

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17
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What is Economic Order Quantity?

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Economic Order Quantity is the order quantity that minimizes inventory costs.

EOQ: Square Root of (2DO/C)

    - D: Unit Demand (Annual)
    - O: Order Cost
    - C: Cost of Inventory
18
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What is Carrying Cost?

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Carrying Cost is the cost of keeping inventory.

19
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What is Order Cost?

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Order Cost is the cost of executing an order and starting product production.

20
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What is inventory reorder point?

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How low inventory should get before it should be re-ordered.

IOP = Average Daily Demand x Average Lead Time

21
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What is a Just In Time (JIT) system?

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Orders inventory so that you get it just in time for when it’s needed.

JIT is valuable when Order Cost is low and Cost of Carrying Inventory is high.

22
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What is Factoring of receivables?

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Receivables are sold to a financing company where they pay less than the value of the receivables due to a discount related to risk of non-collection.

23
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What is a Trade Discount?

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Buyer saves if paid early.

Example: 1/10 Net 30

  - 1% discount if paid within 10 days
  - If not, bill is still due in 30 days
24
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What is the cost of forgoing a discount?

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(Discount % x 365) / [(100% - Discount) x (Pay Period - Discount Period)]

25
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What is the Prime Rate?

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The Prime Rate is a benchmark used for lending only to the best customers.

Most customers will be charged Prime + 3%, for example.

If the lending institution and the customer are not in the same country, the LIBOR rate is often used.

26
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What is the Nominal (Face- Coupon- Stated) Rate?

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Interest rate stated on the face of a bond.

27
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How is Current Yield calculated?

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CY = Interest Payment / Bond Price

28
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What is the Effective (YTM - Market) Rate?

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PV of Principal + Interest = Bond Price

29
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What is a Zero Coupon Bond?

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  • No interest payments made.
  • Bond sold at a discount
  • Interest reflected when bond matures
30
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What are the characteristics of a Junk Bond?

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A Junk Bond has:

- High interest rate
- High default risk
31
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What are debenture bonds?

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Debenture bonds are bonds unsecured by collateral.

32
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What are subordinated debentures?

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Subordinated debentures are debenture bonds that will be repaid if any assets are left after liquidation of a company.

33
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What are Redeemable Bonds?

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Provision in Bond contract allows demand of bond payment under certain circumstances.

34
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What is a Callable Bond?

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With Callablee bond, borrower can pay off debt early.

35
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What is a Convertible Bond?

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The lender can demand payment via company stock instead of money.

36
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What is a Sinking Fund?

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Borrower deposits regular sums into an account that will eventually pay off the debt.

37
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What is the disadvantage of Common Stock in comparison to bonds?

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Common Stock is more expensive to issue than debt.

Why? Investors demand a greater ROI than debtors (bondholders).

38
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What is the advantage of Preferred Stock?

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Preferred Stock holds dividend priority over common stock.

39
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What is Weighted Average Cost of Capital?

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A company uses this to determine the true cost of their capital.

Example:
Debt costs 5%; 40% of Cap.
Equity costs 12%; 60% of Cap.

(5% x 40%) + (12% x 60%)
WACC = 9.2%

40
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What is CAPM?

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A stock’s expected performance is based on its beta (risk) compared to that of the stock market.

More risk = more expected return.

41
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How is Cost of Debt calculated?

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(Interest Expense - Tax Benefit) / Carrying Value of Debt

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