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If a firm went from zero debt to successively higher levels of debt, why would you expect its stock price to first rise, then hit a peak, and then begin to decline?

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As the firm starts to progressively take on more debt, the stock prices first rise. This is because of the leverage effect. The return to shareholders will increase as the firm can borrow at a really low rate and then use that capital to invest in projects ...

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