A) What is the affect on return from inflation? Interest rates? Length of time to maturity or

Question:

A) What is the affect on return from inflation? Interest rates? Length of time to or holding period?
B) What does this risk-return tradeoff mean to the financial management of a firm? What are the possible impacts on the firm? How can this impact the firm's decisions?
C) Is this rule followed by most firms most of the time? If so, how? Give some examples. If not, why not? Give some examples.
D) Are there areas where this rule might not be applicable? If so, in what industries/firms/product life cycles might this be applied? If not, why not?
Maturity
Maturity is the date on which the life of a transaction or financial instrument ends, after which it must either be renewed, or it will cease to exist. The term is commonly used for deposits, foreign exchange spot, and forward transactions, interest...