Float Management. A parent company settles the collection account balances of its subsidiaries once a week. (That

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Float Management. A parent company settles the collection account balances of its subsidiaries once a week. (That is, each week it transfers any balances in the accounts to a central account.) The cost of a wire transfer is $10. A depository transfer check costs $.80. Cash transferred by wire is available the same day, but the parent must wait 3 days for depository transfer checks to clear. Cash can be invested at 12 percent per year. How much money must be in a collection account before it pays to use a wire transfer?

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Study Guide To Accompany Fundamentals Of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9780073012421

5th Edition

Authors: Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Alan Marcus

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