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51Trade-off theory of capital structure — The trade off theory of capital structure refers to the idea that a company chooses how much debt finance and how much equity finance to use by balancing the costs and benefits. The classical version of the hypothesis goes back to Kraus and… …
52Weighted cost of capital — (WACC) is the average weighted of cost of equity capital (ke) and cost of debt (kd). OverviewAccording to the Modigliani Miller theorem , under certain assumptions a firm s WACC remains constant regardless of changes in its capital structure.… …
53Greenlight Capital — is a hedge fund which was founded by David Einhorn. Einhorn s commentary on the financial position of Lehman Brothers in early 2008, and Greenlight s short selling of Lehman stock, foreshadowed Lehmans… …
54Minimum capital — is a concept used in corporate law and banking regulation to stipulate what assets the organisation must hold as a minimum requirement. The purpose of minimum capital in corporate law is to ensure that in the event of insolvency or financial… …
55Debt-To-Capital Ratio — A measurement of a company s financial leverage, calculated as the company s debt divided by its total capital. Debt includes all short term and long term obligations. Total capital includes the company s debt and shareholders equity, which… …
56Debt-to-capital ratio — A company s debt to capital ratio or D/C ratio is the ratio of its total debt to its total capital, its debt and equity combined. The ratio measures a company s capital structure, financial solvency, and degree of leverage, at a particular point… …
57Speculative Capital — The funds earmarked by an investor for the sole purpose of speculation. This capital is often associated with extreme volatility and a high probability of loss. Most speculators have short term investment horizons and often use high degrees of… …
58WWF Capital Carnage — Infobox Wrestling event name=WWF Capital Carnage promotion=World Wrestling Federation date=December 6 1998 venue=London Arena city=London, England attendance=10,441 lastevent=Survivor Series (1998) nextevent=WWF Capital Carnage was a UK only… …
59Cost of capital — The rate of return a utility must offer to obtain additional funds. The cost of capital varies with the leverage ratio, the effective income tax rate, conditions in the bond and stock markets, growth rate of the utility, its dividend strategy,… …
60financial leverage — relation between foreign capital and a business capital (Accounting) …
