Answer: Capital rationing
Explanation:
Capital Rationing occurs when a firm has to ration capital because there's no enough fund to invest in all the attractive projects.
Capital rationing is used by companies in order to limit the number of projects which they'll invest in at a time.
Since Serena has to rank several alternatives for purchasing a new piece of equipment based on the fact that there is constraint with regards to the availability of funds, this is capital rationing.
Answer:
The inventory turnover ratio is 3.58 times
Explanation:
Inventory turnover ratio an efficiency ratio that indicates how many times a company sells and replaces its stock of goods during a particular period
Inventory turnover ratio is calculated by using following formula:
Inventory turnover ratio = Cost of Goods Sold/Average Inventory
In there:
Average Inventory = (Beginning inventory + Ending inventory)/2
In the company:
Average Inventory = ($53,000 + $43,000)/2 = $48,000
Inventory turnover = $172,000/$48,000 = 3.58 times
Answer:
c) The current ratio
Explanation:
The current ratio is an example of a liquidity ratio.
Liquidity ratios measure a company's ability to meet its short term obligations.
Current ratio = curernt assets / current liabilities
Return on assets is a profitability ratio. It measures return on investment
The other ratios are coverage ratios. They measure the ability of the firm to covert its debts payments
Answer:
c. Appreciate; Appreciate
Explanation:
Triangular arbitrage is the act of taking an opportunity resulting from a pricing discrepancy among three different currencies when the currency's exchange rates do not exactly match up
This cases are very rare and for a quite short period of time so there are very few traders who takes the advantange of them.
Lets study th given cases here:
A) NZ dollar Versus Mexican Peso
The exchage rate is 1NZ$= 2 Mexican Pesos (MXP)
But if we apply the triangular arbitrage:
1 NZ dollar = 0.3333 US$
and we know tha 1 US$= 7 Mexican Pesos (MXP
Then 1 NZ dollar = 0.3333* 7 MXP= 2.333 MXP
So the NZ dollar appreciates
B) MXP Versus U$S
The exchage rate is 1 MXP= (1/7) U$S
But if we apply the triangular arbitrage:
1 MXP = 0.5 NZ
and we know tha 1 NZ= 0.333 US$
Then 1 MXP = 0.5* 0.333 U$S= 0.166 U$S
So the MXP appreciates