The situation in which outsiders, such as external shareholders, credits, suppliers, and customers have less and inferior information about a firm's past, current, and future conditions and prospects, compared to the firm's managers. B. Menagerie's decision to issue new common stock versus new debt securities in response to its evaluation of the firm's future opportunities. C. The level and nature of risk attributable to a firm's activities and operations, and ignoring the risks associated with the firm's capital structure. D. The risk be the firm's shareholders resulting from management's decision to employ fixed-cost financing sources in the firm's capital structure. E. The practice of employing a capital structure that contains a large proportion of fixed mixed cost sources of financing, such as debt securities and preferred stock. F. The ability of a firm to borrow money at a reasonable cost when good investment opportunities arise because it currently less debt than that suggested by its optimal capital structure. G. The mix of debt, preferred stock, and common stock that minimizes a firm's weighed average cost of capital. A firm's use of relatively high fixed, as appeased to variable, operating costs, such as capital-Intensive productive processes instead of labor-intensive methods. The mix of debt, preferred stock, and common stock that finances a firm's assets. The level of sales at which a firm's earnings per share (IFS) are the same, regardless of which of two alternative capital structures are compared. In making capital structure decisions, managers must manage the firm's level of operating leverage and financial leverage, and the firm's exposure to business and financial risks. This requires knowledge of a firm's degree of operating leverage (DOL), financial leverage (DFL), and total leverage (DTL). Complete the following table by identifying the correct formula and completing the interpretative statement