Beta Dividends Equity Market Risk 
Musings on Markets
JANUARY 28, 2024
In my last data updates for this year, I looked first at how equity markets rebounded in 2023 , driven by a stronger-than-expected economy and inflation coming down, and then at how interest rates mirrored this rebound.
Andrew Stolz
MARCH 20, 2020
A firm uses a mix of equity and debt to minimize the cost of capital. In general, the cost of debt is lower than the cost of equity due to the tax advantage of debt. The cost of equity (Ke) is an expected return that a firm pays to an equity investor to compensate for the risk of investing capital.
Brian DeChesare
AUGUST 31, 2022
Convertible bonds are hybrid instruments with elements of debt and equity, and some groups that trade convertible bonds also combine elements of S&T and IB. If you’re using a strategy like long/short equity , you could long or short a company’s stock, and your results would depend heavily on the stock market’s overall direction.
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