How does FASB define cash equivalents? A. Cash equivalents are long-term, highly liquid investments that have one of the following characteristics: (a) readily convertible to known amounts of cash and (b) so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. B. Cash equialents are on the asset side of a company's balance sheet that represents the company's investments, including stocks, bonds, real estate and cash, that it intends to hold for more than a year. C. Cash equivalents are short-term, highly liquid investments that do not have either of the following characteristics: (a) readily convertible to known amounts of cash and (b) so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. D. Cash equivalents are short-term, highly liquid investments that have both of the following characteristics: (a) readily convertible to known amounts of cash and (b) so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

C. Cash equivalents are short-term, highly liquid investments that do not have either of the following characteristics: (a) readily convertible to known amounts of cash and (b) so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates

Explanation:

U.S. GAAP defines cash equivalents as “short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and that are so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates” and includes a money market fund as an example of a cash