Category: Equity finance

February 5, 2009

Equity finance: Renewable Energy Provisions

Filed under: Equity finance - 05 Feb 2009

Congress passed a bill for the extension of incentives for renewable energy. This bill was passed during the period spanning the credit crash and housing debacle. Thus the banks investing in renewable energy installations are having no funds to continue …

February 3, 2009

Equity finance: Taxes can be deferred on cancelled debt

Filed under: Equity finance - 03 Feb 2009

The Congress is taking another industry under its wing and is planning to bail them out. This time the lucky ones are the private equity firms. As per the stimulus package, companies would be allowed to …

January 23, 2009

Equity finance: An overview

Filed under: Equity finance - 23 Jan 2009

Equity finance in simple terms is the sale of shares or stock to investors. This can be done through the stock market, to new investors and old existing holders of the shares. It is common knowledge that shares are sold …

January 21, 2009

Equity finance: Questions raised by Obama’s Economic Recovery Plan

Filed under: Equity finance - 21 Jan 2009

Barack Obama is the charismatic new President of United States of America.  He promises to bring in economic reforms to raise the world from the financial crisis it is witnessing today and save millions of people in America and over …

January 19, 2009

Equity finance: Initial Public Offering

Filed under: Equity finance - 19 Jan 2009

This is the offering of company stocks or shares to the public and when done for the first time it is known as initial public offering or IPO. Commonly this method of expansion is used by smaller and younger companies …

January 18, 2009

Role of underwriters in equity finance

Filed under: Equity finance - 18 Jan 2009

With public venturing of any firm, the information projected by them manipulates their own production decision as well as of their contenders. There are IPO’s which are built up within a diligence to standardize the transference of impartial allotment of …

January 15, 2009

Equity Finance: A Lingering Thought!

Filed under: Equity finance - 15 Jan 2009

America is going through a financial depression. The whole thing brought about by sub prime lending claims the economists and policy makers. Their arguments being that when the government wanted to increase home ownership lenders took it into their hands …

January 14, 2009

Equity finance: Merrill Lynch Bank of America Deal

Filed under: Equity finance - 14 Jan 2009

The Merrill Lynch deal has been the highlight of the New Year. Bank of America is the biggest US bank in terms of assets and it has bought Merrill Lynch & Co. The government of United States has provided aid …

Description of terminologies pertaining to equity finance

Filed under: Equity finance - 14 Jan 2009

Equity finance in nutshell is defined as finance incurrence by a company from a lender by selling off few stocks to the lender. This gives the lender a grasp in the company. Once the corporation starts gaining revenues, the proprietor …

January 13, 2009

Criteria’s followed by lenders for Equity finance

Filed under: Equity finance - 13 Jan 2009

Financing of mortgage loans by lenders/ financial institution is becoming order of the day given the current economic status worldwide and upsurge in the real estate business. While it offers certain advantages and makes repayments easier, it is worthwhile to …

January 12, 2009

Advantages and disadvantages of private equity finance

Filed under: Equity finance - 12 Jan 2009

Equity finance is the raising of share capital in return for a share of the business. This is mostly associated with sharing ownership of the business. Equity finance is provided by venture capitalists or private equity firms and business angels. …

Caution tips when dealing with equity finance

Filed under: Equity finance - 12 Jan 2009

The last decade has seen a flurry of activity in the rise of private equity financing. Large institutional investors and high net worth investors have actively increased their stakes in buyouts of companies listed publicly. The high returns for …

January 11, 2009

Related terms to Equity finance

Filed under: Equity finance - 11 Jan 2009

It comes in handy for the investor to understand these frequently used terms in equity finance.

Earnings Per share (EPS) – This is an indicator of the profits reaped by the company. It is the measure of the company’s profit that …

January 10, 2009

Equity finance:An aid to companies on the path of growth

Filed under: Equity finance - 10 Jan 2009

Equity finance can be broadly outlined as finance incurred by companies by disposing off their stocks (preferred and common) to probable investors that can be an individual or an institution. Companies in the course of launch by and large obtain …