Abstracting from inflation, leverage enables investors to specialize in stocks or debt instruments according to their level of information about a firm's prospects and/or their degree of risk aversion. In particular, stocks will tend to be held by investors who are

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Quinten Mcgee

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26 September, 08:57

Abstracting from inflation, leverage enables investors to specialize in stocks or debt instruments according to their level of information about a firm's prospects and/or their degree of risk aversion. In particular, stocks will tend to be held by investors who are

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Lucy Spence · Answer 1

The correct answer is more informed and more risk-averse.

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Financial leverage is simply using debt to finance an operation. As simple as that. That is, instead of conducting an operation with own funds, it will be done with own funds and a credit. The main advantage is that you can multiply profitability and the main drawback is that the operation does not go well and ends up being insolvent.