During the recent economic crisis, many companies found that it was a-increasingly difficult to acquire and use many of the traditional sources of financing that they were accustomed to. b-increasingly easy to sell stock for the first time to the general public. c-easy to shift their methods of financing from one traditional method to another. an opportune time to acquire long-term loans and build their current inventory. d-accessible and easy to acquire and use many of the traditional sources of short- and long-term financing that they were accustomed to.