Which of the following current asset financing policies reflects the decision to finance the peaks of current assets with long-term debt and equity that provides the firm with a surplus of cash and marketable securities most of the time, except during peak asset demand?

XYZ Industries has 10 million shares of stock outstanding selling at $10 per share and an issue of $30 million in 8.5 percent, annual coupon bonds with a maturity of 25 years, selling at 102 percent of par ($1,000). If XYZ’s weighted average tax rate is 40 percent and its cost of equity is 15 percent, what is XYZ’s WACC?

Suppose that Hanna Nails, Inc.’s capital structure features 45 percent equity, 55 percent debt, and that its before-tax cost of debt is 5 percent, while its cost of equity is 9 percent. If the appropriate weighted average tax rate is 40 percent, what will be Hanna Nails’ WACC?

PAW Industries has 5 million shares of common stock outstanding with a market price of $8.00 per share. The company also has outstanding preferred stock with a market value of $10 million, and 100,000 bonds outstanding, each with face value $1,000 and selling at 96 percent of par value. The cost of equity is 19 percent, the cost of preferred stock is 15 percent, and the cost of debt is 9 percent. If PAW’s tax rate is 34 percent, what is the WACC?

Suppose that Glamour Nails, Inc.’s capital structure features 30 percent equity, 70 percent debt, and that its before-tax cost of debt is 4 percent, while its cost of equity is 10 percent. If the appropriate weighted average tax rate is 34 percent, what will be Glamour Nails’ WACC?

Stellar Shoes would like to maintain their cash account at a minimum level of $25,000, but expects the standard deviation in net daily cash flows to be $2,000; the effective annual rate on marketable securities to be 5 percent per year; and the trading cost per sale or purchase of marketable securities to be $100 per transaction. What will be their optimal upper cash limit?

Suppose that Farrah’s Hair Care has annual sales of $100,000, cost of goods sold of $65,000, average inventories of $2,000, and average accounts receivable of $5,000. Assuming that all of Farrah’s sales are on credit, what will be the firm’s operating cycle?

Suppose that TNT, Inc. has a capital structure of 43 percent equity, 23 percent preferred stock, and 34 percent debt. If the before-tax component costs of equity, preferred stock and debt are 15.4 percent, 10 percent and 7 percent, respectively, what is TNT’s WACC if the firm faces an average tax rate of 28 percent?

Which of the following resemble checks, but differ in that they are payable by the firm issuing them rather than payable by a bank?

Hollywood Shoes would like to maintain their cash account at a minimum level of $50,000, but expects the standard deviation in net daily cash flows to be $4,000; the effective annual rate on marketable securities to be 6 percent per year; and the trading cost per sale or purchase of marketable securities to be $100 per transaction. What will be their optimal upper cash limit?