Capital Market Question:

Internal rate of return is used to calculate the even break point which is also an alternative way to calculate the cost of capital and it includes the risk premium. It is the rate of return which is used in capital budgeting which gives the indication of the profitablility of investments. This is also called as discounted cash flow rate of return. This can't be used for mutually exclusive projects where the selection can be done to only one project rather than both the projects.