All these look good for Kingspan, so if they utilised their «surplus» cash on an acquisition (for example), I see no risk / impairment to the business (& no impact on their usual working capital cycle)-- and obviously the return for shareholders should be far superior to an effective zero rate
on idle cash!
Beats bonds, and beats interest rates
on idle cash.
So, depending on whether your assets are in cash or securities, you can still access «cash» for real world purposes the same way you would at a bank, but at substantially lower borrowing rates (if need be) and with the ability to earn interest
on idle cash (i.e. the dry powder).
If you are an investor looking for a better return
on your idle cash, then Lending Club might be the better choice for getting your feet wet.
Not exact matches
Quick Hits: I combined some fresh capital this month with the
cash I had just sitting
idle in my Roth and finally pulled the trigger
on KMI with the energy giant trading at an attractive valuation relative to its 52 week trading range.
He appears to be the first AG to involve himself in the football fight, saying he's acting
on behalf of businesses losing
cash while training camps for the Buffalo Bills, New York Giants and New York Jets are
idle.
And The Seventh Python warmly (and rather indulgently) profiles 64 - year - old Neil Innes, who got his start with the wacky Bonzo Dog Doo - Dah Band in the 60s, wrote songs for Monty Python in the 70s, and collaborated with Python's Eric
Idle on the Rutles, who parodied the Beatles in the priceless 1978 TV movie The Rutles: All You Need Is
Cash.
If you forever have $ 10,000, $ 20,000 or more sitting
idle in
cash, you could be missing out
on RRSP, RESP or TFSA contributions or have debt that continues to accrue interest at a higher rate in the meantime.
Managements want to prevent hostile takeovers through not leaving a lot of
idle cash on the balance sheet.
And it has an added benefit: As AUM dwindle, and they draw
on a facility to fund bloated expenses, hopefully it sharpens management focus vs. allowing them to wallow in
idle cash.
Of course, discounting
cash (& investments) may still be warranted, if management's intent
on: i) building a permanent cushion of
idle cash, and / or ii) pursuing illogical / value - destroying acquisitions & investments (or has a history of such indulgence).
In a phone interview with CNBC, Birinyi said that the Bitcoin mania is forcing more of the
cash that has been kept
idle on the sidelines back into the stock markets.
Of course, I also like to get an equity cushion, but I won't pass
on a deal if I can get a good return
on the
cash I have into it and I have some extra
cash sitting
idle.