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Episode 75: Leverage and Risk Ratios (The Double Amplifier)
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Episode Summary
In this episode, we address the common but incomplete question: "How much debt is too much?". We explain why the absolute dollar amount of debt tells you almost nothing on its own, and shift the focus to a business's capacity to service that debt under changing interest rate and economic conditions. We dissect the crucial structural difference between financial leverage (borrowing money to amplify equity returns) and operating leverage (the ratio of fixed to variable costs…
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