Perhaps the Greatest Disadvantage of Using the IRR Method to Evaluate

question 76

Multiple Choice

Perhaps the greatest disadvantage of using the IRR method to evaluate investment opportunities is:

• A) dealing with uncertain cash flows from the project.
• B) the assumption that all cash flows from the project will be reinvested at the IRR.
• C) the inability to calculate most IRRs without a computer.
• D) the need to compare IRR with the firm's cost of capital which cannot be estimated precisely.
• E) the fact that the technique does not account for risk.

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