1. Why do firms issue debt instead of only issuing equity?
2. Why do firms focus on capital structure?
3. What do you think of a high profit firm like Microsoft with
over 200 billion of cash and marketable securities on its balance
sheet, would issue debt?
1. Why do firms issue debt instead of only issuing equity?
2. Why do firms focus on capital structure?
3. What do you think of a high profit firm like Microsoft with
over 200 billion of cash and marketable securities on its balance
sheet, would issue debt?
1. What is your investing risk tolerance today, and how
might it change over time?
2. What is short selling and should normal investors use
this technique? Defend your answer.
3. What does it mean if your stock broker is "churning"
your stocks? Why is that done, and how can you find out when it is
being done to you? I bring this up as it has happened to me in the
past!
1. What is your investing risk tolerance today, and how
might it change over time?
2. What is short selling and should normal investors use
this technique? Defend your answer.
3. What does it mean if your stock broker is "churning"
your stocks? Why is that done, and how can you find out when it is
being done to you? I bring this up as it has happened to me in the
past!
. If population density is rising over time, then why might it
be possible to have decreasing geographic mobility but increasing
occupational mobility?
Explain why a startup might choose to issue equity instead of
debt. Describe the nature of the equity. [Hint: When you supply
financing (debt or equity) to a firm, what make it pay you
back?]