The Effects of Financial Leverage Changes on Stock Returns: A Study of Exchange Rate Volatility

This essay aims to discuss the changes of capital structure toward stock returns and return on assets, with a further introduction of interference factors of exchange rate risks. The correlational changes of both factors would be analyzed in terms of different fluctuation levels. The empirical results show significant discoveries: both the factors have positive correlations. Reasons can be deduced from the willingness of trading firms, the company operational requirements, and the psychology of return expectation. Thus, this study suggests the investors to include exchange rate fluctuation index, while the government shall timely open up to corporate transactions and the corporate should carry out overall exchange rate and interest rate hedging.