Firms That Use Maturity Hedging as a Guide to Financing

question 1

Multiple Choice

Firms that use maturity hedging as a guide to financing policy:

• A) try to hedge with futures contracts.
• B) hold excess cash balances to reduce risk.
• C) will finance long term assets with long term financing.
• D) rely on government policy to keep interest rates low.

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