The Use of Debt Is Sometimes Described as Financial Leverage

question 19

True/False

The use of debt is sometimes described as financial leverage because debt can have the effect of increasing the return on equity.

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Definitions:

Economic Independence

The state of having sufficient personal wealth to live, without needing to work actively for basic necessities, allowing individuals or nations to operate without being influenced by external economic pressures.

Property Qualifications

Requirements that individuals must own property of a certain value to enjoy certain rights, like voting or holding office, prevalent in historical democracies.

Constitutional Convention

Meeting in Philadelphia, May 25–September 17, 1787, of representatives from twelve colonies—excepting Rhode Island—to revise the existing Articles of Confederation; the convention soon resolved to produce an entirely new constitution.