Suppose a shock to the financial system were to disproportionately hit corporate bond markets making it much

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Suppose a shock to the financial system were to disproportionately hit corporate bond markets making it much harder for companies to raise new funds via bond issuance. As a result, the proportion of equity financing rises significantly. What impact would you anticipate this would have on i) the expected return on holding stocks and ii) the volatility of equity returns?

Stocks
Stocks or shares are generally equity instruments that provide the largest source of raising funds in any public or private listed company's. The instruments are issued on a stock exchange from where a large number of general public who are willing...
Expected Return
The expected return is the profit or loss an investor anticipates on an investment that has known or anticipated rates of return (RoR). It is calculated by multiplying potential outcomes by the chances of them occurring and then totaling these...
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Money Banking and Financial Markets

ISBN: 978-1259746741

5th edition

Authors: Stephen Cecchetti, Kermit Schoenholtz

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