Nighthawk Steel, a manufacturer of specialized tools, has $5,040,000 in assets. Temporary current assets Permanent current assets Capital assets Total assets $1,180,000 1,680,000 2,180,000 $5,040,000 Short-term rates are 5 percent. Long-term rates are 7.5 percent. (Note that long-term rates imply a return to any equity). Earnings before interest and taxes are $1,050,000. The tax rate is 25 percent. Assume the term structure of interest rates becomes inverted, with short-term rates going to 10 percent and long-term rates 5 percentage points lower than short-term rates. If long-term financing is perfectly matched (hedged) with long-term asset needs, and the same is true of short-term financing, what will earnings be after taxes? For an example of perfectly hedged plans. see Figure 6-8. Earning after taxes

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Nighthawk Steel, a manufacturer of specialized tools, has $5,040,000 in assets.
Temporary current assets
Permanent current assets
Capital assets
Total assets
$1,180,000
1,680,000
2,180,000
$5,040,000
Short-term rates are 5 percent. Long-term rates are 7.5 percent. (Note that long-term rates imply a return to any equity). Earnings
before interest and taxes are $1,050,000. The tax rate is 25 percent. Assume the term structure of interest rates becomes inverted,
with short-term rates going to 10 percent and long-term rates 5 percentage points lower than short-term rates.
If long-term financing is perfectly matched (hedged) with long-term asset needs, and the same is true of short-term financing, what will
earnings be after taxes? For an example of perfectly hedged plans. see Figure 6-8
Earning after taxes
Transcribed Image Text:Nighthawk Steel, a manufacturer of specialized tools, has $5,040,000 in assets. Temporary current assets Permanent current assets Capital assets Total assets $1,180,000 1,680,000 2,180,000 $5,040,000 Short-term rates are 5 percent. Long-term rates are 7.5 percent. (Note that long-term rates imply a return to any equity). Earnings before interest and taxes are $1,050,000. The tax rate is 25 percent. Assume the term structure of interest rates becomes inverted, with short-term rates going to 10 percent and long-term rates 5 percentage points lower than short-term rates. If long-term financing is perfectly matched (hedged) with long-term asset needs, and the same is true of short-term financing, what will earnings be after taxes? For an example of perfectly hedged plans. see Figure 6-8 Earning after taxes
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