If a firm were to experience financial insolvency,the legal system provides an order of hierarchy for the payment of claims.Assume that a firm has the following outstanding securities: mortgage bonds,common stock,debentures,and preferred stock.Rank the order in which investors that own mortgage bonds would have their claim paid?

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Mortgage bondholders have the highest priority in the hierarchy of the payment of claims in case of financial insolvency. Therefore, they would be paid first before any other investor. Common stockholders have the lowest priority and would be paid last, after all other investors have been paid.

If a Firm Were to Experience Financial Insolvency,the Legal System