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By issuing shares you have sold a piece of the company to investors. Some of the disadvantages include: you will be answerable to the investors and you will have to disclose company information to them that you would have preferred your competitors didn't know.
One reason is raise capital for a company without sacrificing the control of company. Issuing common stock would do this.
Not in the US, anyhow.
Advantages:You don't have to carry cash all the timeYou can people anytime/anyplace you want without having to worry about the money you have in your WalletDisadvantages:a. We must always keep track of our bank balance before issuing a check. Issuing a check without sufficient balance in the account is a felonyb. Checks can be lost or stolen and the customer must be careful to not let that happen.
Debit Capital stock xx Credit Cash xx Generally you would offset costs of issuing common or preferred stock against the similar equity account.
Raising of capital. Reasons for wanting to raise capital is another topic, though.
Businesses issue stock to raise capital Advantages of issuing stock: - A Company can raise more capital than it could borrow. - A Company does not have to make periodic interest payments to creditors. - A Company does not have to make principal payments. Disadvantages of Issuing Stock: - The principal owners have to share their ownership with other shareholders. - Shareholders have a voice in policies that affect the company operations. Source Qwoter.com
One reason is raise capital for a company without sacrificing the control of company. Issuing common stock would do this.
Yes if there is a clause while issuing common stock that stock holder can convert the common stock to preffered stock.
interest must be paid on a periodic basis regardless of earnings.
There are several advantages for companies to issue Eurobonds:Obtaining financing by issuing Eurobonds is often cheaper than obtaining a foreign currency bank loan.It is a way for companies to obtain financing in an economy where financing is hard to obtain. Issuing Eurobonds gives companies wider access to the international market which they may normally not be able to access.It gives companies the ability to raise funds without having to issue shares.Since Eurobonds are normally aimed at institutional investors and not the public, there are no advertisement costs involved and this therefore means lower costs for the issuing firm.Allows companies to obtain funds in a foreign currency to create a foreign currency liability to match against a foreign currency asset.Against these advantages, there are some disadvantages to consider:there are issue costs to take into accountif the debt is not matched against a foreign currency asset, the Eurobond issuing firm may be open to foreign exchange risk.There are several benefits to an investor who does put its money into Eurobonds":The bonds give an investor a possibility of achieving a higher yield on investments as compare to investing in most shares, bank and building society accounts, money market placements, etc.It is a "safe" investment in the sense that the full value of the bond will be replayed when the bond matures.As for disadvantages to the investor:Investing in a Eurobond is not a good idea for investors who may need a repayment of the investment at short notice.There is always the risk of the issuing company going under and the maturity value of the Eurobond not being paid.
To have a bond is to loan money to the issuing corporation. Some risk may occur in having bonds. These are the Inflation risk, liquidity risk and the lower returns.