Multiple Choice
Debt financing
1) increases stockholders' return more than an equal dollar amount of preferred stock
2) increases stockholders' return less than an equal dollar amount of preferred stock
3) is less risky to the investor than preferred stock
4) is more risky to the investor than preferred stock
A) 1 and 3
B) 1 and 4
C) 2 and 3
D) 2 and 4
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