Suppose that it is february 20 and a treasurer realizes that on july 17 the company will have to issue $5 million of commercial paper with a maturity of 180 days. if the paper were issued today, the company would realize $4,820,000. (in other words, the company would receive $4,820,000 for its paper and have to redeem it at $5,000,000 in 180 days’ time.) the september eurodollar futures price is quoted as 92.00. how should the treasurer hedge the company’s exposure?

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Paar corporation bought 100 percent of kimmel, inc., on january 1, 2012. on that date, paar’s equipment (10-year life) has a book value of $420,000 but a fair value of $520,000. kimmel has equipment (10-year life) with a book value of $272,000 but a fair value of $400,000. paar uses the equity method to record its investment in kimmel. on december 31, 2014, paar has equipment with a book value of $294,000 but a fair value of $445,200. kimmel has equipment with a book value of $190,400 but a fair value of $357,000. the consolidated balance for the equipment account as of december 31, 2014 is $574,000. what would be the impact on consolidated balance for the equipment account as of december 31, 2014 if the parent had applied the initial value method rather than the equity method? the balance in the consolidated equipment account cannot be determined for the initial value method using the information given. the consolidated equipment account would have a higher reported balance. the consolidated equipment account would have a lower reported balance. no effect: the method the parent uses is for internal reporting purposes only and has no impact on consolidated totals.

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