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The Acme Corporation has been acquired by the Conglomerate Corporation. To help

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Question

The Acme Corporation has been acquired by the Conglomerate Corporation. To help finance the takeover, Conglomerate is going to liquidate the overfunded portion of Acme’s pension fund. The assets listed below are going to be liquidated. Listed are their face values, liquidation values today, and their anticipated liquidation values one year from now (their fair market values).   Asset Face Value Current Liquidation Value One-Year Liquidation Value   IBM stock $16,000     $15,900      $16,500         GE bonds 4,000 2,000      3,600         Treasury securities 21,000 19,000      20,000 Calculate the one-year liquidity index for these securities.

Explanation / Answer

Total face value of the stocks = 16000+4000+21000 = 41000

One year liquidity index = (16000/41000)*(15900/16500) + (4000/41000)*(2000/3600)+ (21000/41000)*(19000/20000)

= 0.9168