RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:I don’t like this clamlinguine, it makes sense because the accounting equation is: Total Assets = Total Claims on Assets = Liabilities (debt) + Shareholders Equity. Therefore Shareholders equity = Total assets minus debt. Shareholders equity would be what the market judges the total assets to be worth minus debt ie market cap. So total assets = debt + market cap.
But totsl asset value fluctuates every second depending on commodity prices, interest rates, inflation in operating expenses etc ad nauseum so the sp changes accordingly because investors value total assets in different ways.