Options

1. -200 million

-195 million

-1,044 million

- 204 million

2. -1,410 million

-366 million

-166 million

-1,605 million

3. -181 million

-91 million

-127 million

-154 million

4. -972 million

-810 million

-1,620 million

-1,134 million

5. True or false?

2. Cash budget The cash budget is considered the primary forecasting tool when firms try to estimate their cash flows and figure out if they are likely to need additional cash flows or to generate surplus cash. Consider the case of Mooney Equipment Mooney Equipment is putting together its cash budget for the following year and has forecasted expected cash collections over the next five quarters (one year plus the first quarter of the next year). The cash collection estimates are based on sales projections and expected collection of receivables. The sales and cash collection estimates are shown in the following table (in millions of dollars): Q1 Q2 93 4 Q5 $1,320 $1,620 $1,670 $1,470 $1,720 Sales Total cash collections $1,320 $1,370 $1,420 $1,420 You also have the following information about Mooney Equipment: * In any given period. Mooney's purchases from suppliers generally account for 76% of the expected sales in the next period, and wages, supplies, and taxes are expected to be 1s% of next period's sales. million investment Every quarter, Mooney pays ss0 million in interest and dividend payments to long-term debt and equity In the third quarter, Mooney expects to expand one of its plants, which will require an additional $1,076 investors Mooney prefers to keep a minimum target cash balance of at least $15 million at all imes