PERSONAL FINANCE ETEXT TURNING MONEY
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Chapter 5, Problem 1PA
Summary Introduction
To discuss:
The characteristics of liquid assets and disadvantages of having too much or too little money as liquid assets.
Introduction:
The Liquid assets imply that the assets which are readily available to be converted into cash. Examples Cash balance, Bank balance, Account receivables, Fixed deposits, Demand deposits.
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Characteristics of liquid assets are as follows:
- These assets can be quickly converted into cash with no loss or a minimum loss in value.
- These assets provide a lower
rate of return . - These assets have less risk associated with them.
Disadvantages of having too much money are as follows:
- Too much money in liquid assets limits the opportunity of growth.
- Return, which is the most important part, is less because of less investment risk.
- It increases the risk of extra-spending because of easy access.
Disadvantages of having less money:
- In cases of emergency, there will be shortage of funds.
- There will be loss due to sale of long term investments on unfavorable price in the case of emergency.
Conclusion
Characteristics of liquid assets are that they can be converted into cash easily; less risk associated and provides less rate of return.
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