PPT Slide

• For leverage to raise expected ROE, must have ROA > kd(1 - T). (ROA = ROEU = 9%.)

• Why? If kd(1 - T) > ROA, then the interest expense will be higher than the operating income produced by debt-financed assets, so leverage will depress net income and ROE.

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