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Stock Price Changes as Firm's Debt Becomes Successively Higher

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

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The solution examines the stock price changes as firm's debt become successively higher. The expert determines why the expert would expect its stock price to rise first and then high a peak, and then begin to decline.

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First, the optimal capital structure of a company is the mix of debt and equity that results to the lowest weighted average cost of capital.

Second, if a firm goes from zero debt to ...

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