John has purchased goods from a hardware supplier and has been offered trade credit terms of 1.5/10,
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John has purchased goods from a hardware supplier and has been offered trade credit terms of 1.5/10, n/40.
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(a) the opportunity cost of trade credit in this case. Assuming that John can borrow from their bank at a rate of 10%, should they take up the discount?
(b) 30 days ago, BHP Ltd. Issue a $1,000,000 face value 90-day bank-accepted bill into the market to fund the purchase of new machinery. When issued, the bill had a yield of 5.5% per annum. Today, the original discounter of the bill decided to sell the BHP bill in the secondary market at a yield of 4.5%. What rate of return is earned by the original discounter of the bill?
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