Asset Classes: Cash and Cash Equivalents
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Asset Classes: Cash and Cash Equivalents

Intuition Publishing
Updated Sep 24, 2020

Cash and cash equivalents refers to physical holdings of cash and short-term assets that can be readily converted into cash. We discuss the different subclasses such as cash holdings, savings and checking accounts, deposits, certificates of deposit (CDs), treasury bills (T-Bills), commercial paper (CP) and money market funds.