ECON 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Aggregate Demand, Thomas Robert Malthus, Fundamental Analysis

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As firms get larger, the need to obtain external funds grow. Central role of finance: move money from savers with money to borrowers who have good ideas, help share risk. Financial intermediaries - financial institutions through which savers can indirectly provide funds to borrowers. ex. bank, mutual funds. 2 ways for firms to raise money in financial markets. 1. issue bonds = a certificate of indebtedness, basically iou to pay money back + interest at a specific date. Ex. sells bond for . coupon payments: intermediate payments that will be made to the bond-holder. (ex. Interest rate is coupon payment to the principal - / = 4% The higher the default risk, the higher the coupon payment the firm will have to offer. 2. issue stock = partial claim to ownership ( equity ) in the firm. Unlike bonds, stocks are financial securities that represent partial ownership of the firm.

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