ECON 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Loanable Funds, Mutual Fund, Autarky

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8 saving, investment, and the financial system. Financial institution = helps match one person"s savings w/ another"s investment. Financial market = savers can directly provide funds to borrowers. Specifies date of maturity & rate of interest. Term: length of time until bond matures. Long-term bonds pay higher rates of interest than short-term. Long-term risker b/c holders have to wait longer for repayment. Credit risk/default risk: probability that borrower will fail to pay some of interest/principal. More riskier bonds have higher interest rate. Corporate bonds tend to pay higher rates of interest than gov bonds b/c corporate revenues likely to be ore volatile than gov tax revenue. Stock = claim to partial ownership in a company. Debt finance = sale of bonds to raise money (creditor) Equity finance = sales of stock to raise money (shareholder) If company is profitable, shareholders enjoy benefits of profits but bondholders only get interest on their bonds.

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