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What are common securities, loans, and business financing terms?
What are common securities, loans, and business financing terms? (IntroductionToBusiness OP 8D04gAa · 2026-10-07-36573 · Summary of Learning Outcomes) — "Secur…
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- Key financial and credit-market concepts
- Credit and lending concepts
- Secured loans require the borrower to pledge specific assets as collateral.
- Unsecured loans do not require the borrower to pledge specific assets as security.
- Term loans are business loans with maturities of more than one year and may be secured or unsecured.
- Trade credit is credit extended by a seller until the buyer pays for received goods or services.
- Securities and investment-banking concepts
- Securities are investment certificates issued by corporations or governments that represent equity or debt.
- Stock dividends are payments made to stockholders in the form of additional stock and may replace or supplement cash dividends.
- A stockbroker is licensed to buy and sell securities on behalf of clients.
- Underwriting involves buying securities from corporations and governments and reselling them to the public; it is the main activity of investment bankers.
