The optimal capital structure for firms in cyclical industries is one that helps the business to pay off debts when cash is abundant and access to cash when demand is low. For operations, this means ...

A number of developments in the past few years have dramatically changed the framework for evaluating capital structure alternatives for U.S. insured depository institutions of all sizes. First, the ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Capital structure refers to the mix of funding sources a company uses to finance its assets and its operations. The sources typically can be bucketed into equity and debt. Using internally generated ...

After working in consulting, venture capital and private banking, Matthias focuses on e-commerce-M&A with his ESER Capital VV GmbH. Mergers and acquisitions have become a common strategy for ...