economics Flashcards
why businesses need to borrow
- purchase stock
- Expansion
- renovations
- payroll
how do businesses raise money
- Borrowing from family and friends
- Banks or other financial institutions
- Venture capitalist
borrowing from family and friends
+: easier to access
-: could ruin relationships
banks and other financial institutions
+: build your credit score
-: high interest rates
Venture capitalist or silent partners
+: offer you more money
-: hard to reach
bonds
-long term investment
-less risky than stocks
-larger companies
-if company goes bankrupt then lose all money
stocks
-sell shares of companies
-gives up ownership of company
-CEOs can lose their position at any time by being voted out by trustees
stock market
-secondary market
-$ goes to previous owner of stock
-purchase stocks through broker (expensive, online=cheaper)
-$ by buying low selling high, holding
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
in charge of enforcing Federal rules when it comes to publicly traded companies
SEC’s job
make sure that publicly traded companies are giving out required public information
no insider trading
which one is suitable to keep control of the business
bank loan