Session 01Exercise A

Session 01 · Liquidity

Liquidity Stress Simulator

Manipulate the balance sheet to understand liquidity risk in real time.

Mission

This business has reasonable liquidity today. Use the sliders to stress it — push it toward a liquidity crisis. Can you break the Current Ratio below 1.0?

Starting position: Stable

Target: Liquidity Stress (Current Ratio < 1.0)

ASSETS
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Recv.
12%
Inv.
12%
Other
10%
Non-current
60%
A/P
16%
ST Debt
18%
LT + Equity
66%

— — liquidity boundary — —

Adjust liquid asset mix

Cash6%

Immediately available. The safest liquidity buffer.

Trade Receivables12%

Money owed by customers. Liquid only if customers pay on time.

Inventory12%

Goods not yet sold. Hardest to convert to cash quickly — especially perishables.

Non-current assets absorb the residual · currently 60%

Current
1.18
Watch
Quick
0.53
Watch
Cash
0.18
Stress
Driscoll's berries