In March 2005, General Electric (GE) had a book value of equity of $113 billion, 10.6 billion shares outstanding, and a market price of $36 per share….

In March 2005, General Electric (GE) had a book value of equity of $113 billion, 10.6 billionshares outstanding, and a market price of $36 per share. GE also had cash of $13 billion, andtotal debt of $370 billion. Four years later, in early 2009, GE had a book value of equity of$105 billion, 10.5 billion shares outstanding with a market price of $10.80 per share, cash of$48 billion, and total debt of $524 billion. Over this period, what was the change in GE’sa. market capitalization?b. market-to-book ratio?c. book debt-equity ratio?d. market debt-equity ratio?e. enterprise value?

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