2013年1月28日月曜日

The explaination of Financial Capital

Sources of capital
  • Long term - usually above 7 years
    • Share Capital
    • Mortgage loan
    • Retained Profit
    • Venture Capital
    • Debenture
    • Project Finance
  • Medium term - usually between 2 and 7 years
    • Term Loans
    • Leasing
    • Hire Purchase
  • Short term - usually under 2 years
    • Bank Overdraft
    • Trade Credit
    • Deferred Expenses
    • Factoring

Capital market

  • Long-term funds are bought and sold:
    • Shares
    • Debentures
    • Long-term loans, often with a mortgage bond as security
    • Reserve funds
    • Euro Bonds
    • Law Firms

 Money market

  • Financial institutions can use short-term savings to lend out in the form of short-term loans:
    • Credit on open account
    • Bank overdraft
    • Short-term loans
    • Bills of exchange
    • Factoring of debtors

Differences between shares and debentures

  • Shareholders are effectively owners; debenture-holders are creditors.
  • Shareholders may vote at AGMs (Annual General Meetings) and be elected as directors; debenture-holders may not vote at AGMs or be elected as directors.
  • Shareholders receive profit in the form of dividends; debenture-holders receive a fixed rate of interest.
  • If there is no profit, the shareholder does not receive a dividend; interest is paid to debenture-holders regardless of whether or not a profit has been made.
  • In case of dissolution of firms debenture holders are paid first as compared to shareholder.

Feminist Movement in Canada - 1

Got this from Charlotte Whitton's famous quation:

Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult."

who was a Canadian feminist and mayor of Ottawa (twice, 1951-1956 and again 1960-1964).