Nighthawk Steel, a manufacturer of specialized tools, has $5,000,000 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). Earm before interest and taxes are $1,060,000. 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 financin earnings after taxes be? Eor an example of perfectly hedged plansi see Figure 6-8. Earnings after taxes $