alleryStart learning →If all cash flows are outflows, the NPV is:
APositive only below IRR
BZero at every rate
CNegative at every rate
DPositive at every rate
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Negative at every rate
Discounting a stream of only negative amounts can never produce zero, so no IRR exists.
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