HAMADA EQUATION
A technique of analyzing the cost capital of a firm as it uses additional financial leverage, and how that relates to the overall riskiness of the firm. The measure is used to summarize the effects this type of leverage has on a firm's cost of capital (over and above the cost of capital as if the firm had no debt).
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Average True Range - ATR
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