BFN 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Accounts Receivable, Asset Management, Opportunity Cost

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Each alternative represents a trade-off between risk and return. An appropriate strategy is selected bases on the company"s tolerance for risk. Working capital management involves controlling and financing current assets. As sales increase, firm requires increases investment in current assets. Level production with seasonal sales and the cash gap in the cash flow often require a firm to increase its investment in current assets, often with external financing. A hedged financing approach attempts to match the maturities of debt obligations to the maturities of assets (to reduce risk) Unfortunately, the hedged approach is very difficult if not impossible to employ. A firm has to tailor the various risk-return trade-offs to meet its own needs. The firm has a number of decisions to consider. Long term financing may be safer, but more expensive. On the asset side, carrying liquid assets maintains the firm"s availability to pay its suppliers but detracts from profit potential.

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