If the Cash a Firm Invests in Net Working Capital

question 21

Multiple Choice

If the cash a firm invests in net working capital does not earn the weighted average cost of capital,it should be ________.

• A) paid instead in returns to the firm's investors
• B) held in retained earnings
• C) placed in marketable securities
• D) held as cash

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