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LEVERAGING [1 record]

Record 1 2008-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Investment
  • Corporate Economics
DEF

The strategy of using debt to finance a company's assets.

CONT

For example, a corporation with equity of $5 million issues bonds with a face value of $2 million. The corporation is trading on the equity in that the interest of the bonds, as a percent, may be less than the percent return on total capital ($7 million). Thus, the corporation is leveraging its total investment. Trading on the equity increases the risk of bankruptcy because the fixed-interest charges on debt may exceed the return on total capital.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Investissements et placements
  • Économie de l'entreprise
DEF

Pour une entreprise, action de faire appel à des capitaux empruntés pour assurer le financement d'actifs, dans l'espoir que le rendement que produiront les actifs financés par ces capitaux sera supérieur aux intérêts à verser sur ces capitaux, et que la rentabilité des capitaux propres s'en trouvera augmentée (effet de levier positif).

Spanish

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