Accounts and finance

Table of Contents

1. Topic pack - Accounts and finance - introduction
2. 3.1 Sources of finance - notes
3. 3.1 Sources of finance - questions
4. 3.2 Investment appraisal - notes
5. Investment appraisal
6. 3.2 Investment appraisal - questions
7. 3.3 Working capital - notes
8. 3.3 Working capital - questions
   1. Working capital - short exercises
   2. Cash flow forecasts - case study - cash flow management
   3. Cash flow forecasts - short answer questions
   4. Cash flow forecasts - numerical questions
   5. Case study (1) - profit and cash flow
   6. Case study (1) - profit and cash flow
   7. Case study (2) - profit and cash flow
   8. Awash with cash
   9. Awash with debt
9. 3.4 Budgeting - notes (HL only)
10. 3.4 Budgeting - questions
11. 3.5 Final accounts - notes
12. 3.5 Final accounts - questions
13. 3.5 Final accounts - simulations and activities
14. 3.6 Ratio analysis - notes
15. 3.6 Ratio analysis - questions
16. 3.6 Ratio analysis - simulations and activities
17. Printable version

Awash with cash

Read the article, Almost $40 Billion In Cash: What Is Apple Waiting For? and then consider answers to the questions below. You can either read the article in the window below, or follow the previous link to open the article in a new window.

Question 1

Outline the present cash position of Apple.

Question 2

Compare the views of Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer that the goal of Apple's cash management is "preservation of capital" and investment in "short dated, high quality investments" with the writer's viewpoint.

Question 3

Discuss whether Apple should use their cash for dividends or further acquisitions and investments.