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trading securities are not necessarily debt securities. trading securities can be defined as securities which investors buy for the purpose of further trade, they can be stocks of any companies, Government securities and debt securities with the intention to trade in near future. debt secrities can be trade or can be hold by investor till maturity. Government securituies can also hold till maturities.
Most debt securities are traded electronically. Debt securities are usually in the form of bonds. They can be a government sponsored bond, corporate bond, or a municipal bond.
In a nutshell, both debt and equity securities are financial instruments that assist companies to finance their operations. Debt securities are legal obligations to repay borrowed funds at a specified maturity date and provide interim interest payments as specified in the agreements. The examples include commercial papers, bonds, loans, debentures, and T-bills among others. The benefits of issuing debt securities of companies are that the interests paid are tax-deductible: i.e., they are expensed so that companies pay less tax; they protect companies from losing control over operations; and also help discipline management. On the other hand, debt securities increase the probability of bankruptcy and expected bankruptcy costs; reduce financial flexibilities due to negative covenants among others. Equity securities represent an ownership stake in a company, such as common and preferred shares. Shareholders are entitled to dividends from post-tax earnings which are taxed at a lower rate than interest payments received for bonds. However they receive dividends only after all creditors have been paid.
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A. Held-to-maturity debt securities
trading securities are not necessarily debt securities. trading securities can be defined as securities which investors buy for the purpose of further trade, they can be stocks of any companies, Government securities and debt securities with the intention to trade in near future. debt secrities can be trade or can be hold by investor till maturity. Government securituies can also hold till maturities.
Most debt securities are traded electronically. Debt securities are usually in the form of bonds. They can be a government sponsored bond, corporate bond, or a municipal bond.
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In a nutshell, both debt and equity securities are financial instruments that assist companies to finance their operations. Debt securities are legal obligations to repay borrowed funds at a specified maturity date and provide interim interest payments as specified in the agreements. The examples include commercial papers, bonds, loans, debentures, and T-bills among others. The benefits of issuing debt securities of companies are that the interests paid are tax-deductible: i.e., they are expensed so that companies pay less tax; they protect companies from losing control over operations; and also help discipline management. On the other hand, debt securities increase the probability of bankruptcy and expected bankruptcy costs; reduce financial flexibilities due to negative covenants among others. Equity securities represent an ownership stake in a company, such as common and preferred shares. Shareholders are entitled to dividends from post-tax earnings which are taxed at a lower rate than interest payments received for bonds. However they receive dividends only after all creditors have been paid.
Bond funds refer to debt investments. Debt investments are mortgage securities and goverment. In other words it invested in some sort of debt.
Asset backed securities is a financial security backed by a loan, lease or receivables against assets other than real estate and mortgages. For investors, asset backed securities are an alternative to investing in corporate debt.
Security is a broader term which includes shares as well. There are two types of securities, Equity security and Debt Security. Equity security comprises Share, Common Stock, Options etc. while Debt security comprised of Bonds, Debentures, Bank Notes, Coupons etc. The dictionary meaning of security is something which is secured. But equity shares are not secured i.e., equity shareholders are repaid their money only after the Company repays the pref shareholders and other pref creditors and only if the company has enough money to repay it.
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A debenture is a debt security, like a bond is, but unlike a bond a debenture is unsecured. However, the two terms are basically interchangeable--a lot of people call bonds debentures and debentures bonds.
ordinary shares are equity whereas debentures are debt - debt is always payable, whereas, equity holders do not always necessarily demand a dividend payment immediately. it would depend on what the company wanted to use the funds for. if the funds were used to fund a project where the returns were not expected for a few years, a company may wish to issue shares rather than debentures as the debentures would have to be paid regardless of when the returns came.