What Are Short-Term Investments That Are Easily Converted Back to Cash

question 36

Multiple Choice

What are short-term investments that are easily converted back to cash and are used by financial managers to achieve higher returns than those offered by chequing accounts?

• A) corporate securities
• B) marketable securities
• C) management vehicles
• D) corporate equities

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