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Data Update 6 for 2023: A Wake up call for the Indebted?

Musings on Markets

Cash generating capacity : Debt payments are serviced with operating cash flows, and the more operating cash flows that firms generate, as a percent of their market value, the more that they can afford to borrow. Me-to-ism : The second and almost as powerful a force in determining debt policy is peer group behavior.

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Data Update 8 for 2025: Debt, Taxes and Default - An Unholy Trifecta!

Musings on Markets

Measuring the Debt Burden With that tradeoff in place, we are ready to examine how it played out in 2024, by looking at how much companies around the world borrowed to fund their operations. Breaking down the remaining sectors, real estate and utilities are the heaviest users of debt, and technology and health care the lightest.

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