Increasing Leverage Will Always Act to Increase a Firm's ROE

question 14

True/False

Increasing leverage will always act to increase a firm's ROE.
FALSE

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Definitions:

Bilateral Promise

An agreement in which two parties make commitments to perform certain actions or obligations to one another.

Promissory Estoppel

A legal principle that prevents a party from withdrawing a promise made to a second party when the latter has reasonably relied on that promise to their detriment.

Unilateral Contracts

Unilateral contracts are agreements in which one party makes a promise in exchange for the other party's performance, not a promise of performance.

Revocation

The act of withdrawing, cancelling, or repealing a right, offer, contract, or privilege.