A Company Invests Its Excess Cash in a Commercial Certificate

A company invests its excess cash in a commercial certificate of deposit (CD) . If a cash shortage occurs, what will the company most likely do?

A) return the CD to the commercial bank or brokerage company and get its money back
B) trade the CD for a lower cost CD to obtain needed funds
C) sell the CD on the open market and obtain needed funds
D) find an unrelated way to obtain needed funds, since CDs must be held until maturity
E) wait for the CD to reach maturity and then trade it in for the needed funds