Why do firms hold marketable securities? The Cowboys Christmas Company uses a required return of 11.3% to evaluate most projects of average risk. Suppose the company is looking at a new project that is lower-than-average-risk, and the CEO thinks the discount rate should be risk-adjusted. What effect will this have on the project's NP? Projects Even and Louisa have both been analyzed. Their expected NPV's and IRRs are given in the table below: We are told that the two projects are independant, and we are instructed to use the NPV decision rule. We are informed that our firm has a required rate of return of 10.5%. Which project(s) should be accepted? Current assets that fluctuate with seasonal or cyclical variations in a firm's business are called . Current assets' balances that remain stable no matter the seasonal or economic conditions are called . is a policy in which all of the fixed assets of a firm are financed with long- term capital, but some of the firm's permanent current assets are financed with short-term non-spontaneous sources of funds