A business cannot afford to form capital structure ignoring the capital market.
Answer»
Boom and depression are the two faces of capital market.
When the market is in boom, the company earns good profit. Investors become positive and invest in the shares of the company. This enhances the capital structure of the company.
When the market is in depression, the investors tend to invest in debt market so that they can safeguard their returns.
Thus, how the market behaves plays a very important role in the formation of capital structure of the company and hence it cannot be ignored.