What to know
Identify the rule, formula, or decision criterion before reading the answer choices. CFA Level I distractors often use the right vocabulary with the wrong condition.
Real Options is part of CFA Level I Corporate Issuers. Corporate Issuers questions cover capital budgeting, cost of capital, leverage, working capital, governance, and corporate structure. Use this page to review the controlling ideas, then work through 1 question with answer explanations and common traps.
Review the worked explanations before moving into adaptive practice. The app version can mix this topic with due reviews and weak related concepts.
Practice this topicIdentify the rule, formula, or decision criterion before reading the answer choices. CFA Level I distractors often use the right vocabulary with the wrong condition.
Work each item under time pressure, then compare your reasoning with the step-by-step explanation and key takeaway.
Missed questions should become scheduled reviews when the error comes from a concept gap, formula setup, or answer-choice trap.
Real Options
A mining project has a slightly negative base-case NPV using current commodity prices. The lease terms give the company the right, but NOT the obligation, to double capacity at a low fixed cost if prices rise during the first two years. Management may have ignored:
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