Complete the Following Using the Terms Listed

Multiple Choice

Complete the following using the terms listed.
-The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio indicates how much debt a company is using to finance its assets relative to the amount of value represented by _____.

A) Venture capitalists
B) private placements
C) factoring
D) capital investment analysis
E) debt capital
F) equity capital
G) financial plan
H) leveraged buyout
I) private equity funds
J) divestiture
K) Marketable securities
L) financial manager
M) tender offer
N) Trade credit
O) leverage
P) capital structure
Q) Asset intensity
R) bonds
S) spin-off
T) Hedge funds
U) Inventory control
V) dividends
W) debt-to-equity (D/E)
X) compensating balances
Y) shareholder's equity