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An individual investor uses homemade leverage to artificially change a company's leverage.
An individual investing in a non-leverage business can replicate the leverage impact
using homemade leverage, which involves taking out personal loans on the investment.
Hence, an investor can use Homemade Leverage to create a portfolio that behaves as if a stock went through a capital restructuring. Therefore option C is correct.
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Please answer all 3, thank you
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