Nighthawk Steel, a manufacturer of specialized tools, has $4,700,000 in assets. Temporary current assets Permanent current assets Capital assets Total assets $1,400,000 1,520,000 1,780,000 $4,700,000 Short-term rates are 10 percent. Long-term rates are 15 percent. (Note that long-term rates imply a return to any equity). Earnings before interest and taxes are $1,000,000. The tax rate is 20 percent. 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 after taxes be? For an example of perfectly hedged plans, see Figure 6-8. Earnings after taxes

Nighthawk Steel, a manufacturer of specialized tools, has $4,700,000 in assets. Short-term rates are 10 percent. Long-term rates are 15 percent. (Note that long-term rates imply a return to any equity). Earnings before interest and taxes are $1,000,000. The tax rate is 20 percent. 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 after taxes be? For an example of perfectly hedged plans, see Figure 6-8. Earnings after taxes $