Baldwin currently has $17,334 (000) in cash and management has decided to issue stocks and bonds worth an additional $8,000 (000). assuming that cash from operations will be the same for each of the following activities, which activity exposes this company to the most risk of being issued an emergency loan

d) Purchasing $18,000 (000) worth of plant and equipment

D. As the cost are forecast they can change over the course of the expansion making possible to be above budget. This may lead to an emergency loan if the cash flow and inflow of the company are don't go as planned which could be the case during a project of this magnitude.

Explanation:

Missing information:

a) A $5 dividend

b) Liquidate the entire inventory

c) Retiring the oldest bond

d) Purchasing $18,000 (000) worth of plant and equipment

A) dividends would not be the cause as they are determinated by the company they can chose not to declare it.

B) lquidate the inventory means selling and not replenish. This generates cash it doesn't use cash

C) re-rolling the debt (by issuing new bonds) is a course of action planned and that in hte end will not affect the cash of the company as will be paying the bonds and receiving from the new bonds thus the changes in cash would be controlled.

D. As the cost are forecast they can change over the course of the expansion making possible to be above budget. This may lead to an emergency loan if the cash flow and inflow of the company are don't go as planned which could be the case during a project of this magnitude.

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