what are the two basic methods to raise capital of common stocks?
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More detail would have been nice, as there are many ways to answer that question.  Here are a few possible answers:\n\n1.  A public offering (e.g., IPO) or a private offering.\n\n2.  If only considering public companies:  An Initial Public Offering (IPO) or a Seasoned Equity Offering (SEO).  A seasoned offering is one where a company that has already gone public goes back and sells more stock.\n\n3.  If only considering initial  public offerings of stocks, then there are several methods -- including Firm Committment IPOs, where the underwriter assumes the risk of bringing the new securities to market -- guaranteeing a minimum sale and a price -- and Best Efforts IPO where no such guarantee exists.
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Open a brokerage account with at least $350.00 and invest in the stock market with the help of a Financial Advisor like myself and when your stocks are up by 5% (Which could take as long as a week) you sell them and make $3.50 (Asuming you are a Scottrade Customer paying $14.00 in comissions) \nKeep doing it over and over for at least 300 times and you will get $1,000.00\n\nNote: \nIf you invest $700.00 you only need to wait until the stock is up 3% to sell and that could happen in two days.\n\nIf you invest $1,400 you only need to wait until the stock is up 2% to sell and that could happen in one day.\n\nYou get the idea.\n\nTop 3 Answerer in Business & Finance. (Vote for me)
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The best way is to buy them out on terms that both companies can agree on. The alternative is hostile takeover, where one corporation buys sufficient stocks to get controlling voting power of another corporation who doesn't want to be taken over.
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I presume you're talking about "Use of Proceeds"?  Usually when a company raises capital from a group of investors (from selling stock or bonds) they will include a chart listing how much is expected to be received and what it will be used for.  Here's an example:\n\nSource of Funds:\nSale of stock - $75 million\n\nUse of Proceeds:\nRepay bank loan - $45 million\nInvestment in new plant - $20 million\nFees and expenses - $5 million\nGeneral corporate purposes - $5 million\n\nTypically the "source of funds" is on the left side and the "use of proceeds" is on the right side.  Obviously, both sides must total the same amount.
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You can do  that by many ways.Buy and sell share, by spaculate a good price, you can invest in lands or buildings, which you will sell later for a bigger price, you can do some retail trade, you can offer some information for people how have no time to spend for search.
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There are several ways to make money by buying shares. Any shares bought are obviously owned by you. You can keep the shares if they are good and profitable company, and wait for dividents usually paid quarterly, haLf yearly or sometimes annually, meaning once a year. But usually, if you want to make better money, buy the shares at a lower price, during a poor market, wait for the price of that share to go up. Draw a margin how much you want to make and sell at that price when it reaches that amount of your choice. Sometimes, your broker may advise you to hold on because he may know the price is going up further and you may be able to make more.When market is good, it is more advisable to sell on profit rather than wait for the dividends which are usually very much lower than the market gains. Having advised all that, please do not be too greddy or obssessed by the share market, otherwise you may burn your fingers and lose all that you have earned or more.
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(my assumed numbers are for residential, non commercial, and casual investing)\n\nif you have a small investment in this stock, i cant really provide you with much good information (small can go from 1 to maybe 35/40 shares in this case)\n\nassuming a more medium investment of 50-120 or even up to 150 existing shares, there are two options i see as viable.\n#1. if the stock may split in a year or less, hold on to what you have, and then after the split, hold on just long enough for the post-split rise to end, and pull out all the extra shares you gained that you did not originally have, thus making profit.\n#2. pull out and invest in something you predict will do a similar thing in the near future, and keep riding the short-term market until you lose your momentum.\n\nif you have a larger investment, you might consider the previous plan on #1 or, you can take the time to do some math. take $ you have in stock, subtract $ in stock you had at start, and sell enough shares to equal that difference (your profit) as close as you can. that way, you have the same commitment as before in terms of money, but not shares. However, in the event that the stock splits, you will increase those shares and have the opportunity to sell those extra shares again for even more money. even if it does not split, the money you made pulling out the profit will support another endeavor into a similar situation or allow you to do whatever it is you want with it.\n\nThat’s the short term scheme of things anyway! (im more of a long-term investor) Good luck.
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You can go to the company's home page and find out if they have direct investing options.  You see some companies allow you to buy stock directly through them McDonalds is one such company.  Buying common stock this way allows you to save money on brokerage fees.  Some companies sell for a small fee for 1 or two dollars and others for free. \n\nYou can also talk to a financial advisor.  Your local bank is a good place to start.  You can also find a financial advisor the American Express.  You can also open an account with one of the online trading companies.  However, research these carefully/.  I also suggest setting up a special bank account if you are going to do this.  This will prevent someone from using you online account to completely wipe out your savings.  \n\nOne last thing remember the market is an extremely volatile and you need to research any company prior to investing in it.  And any investment you make may bring larger rewards are extremely large disapointments.\n\nGood Luck!
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Common Stock - Dilusion of holding and depends on strength of company\nBonds - low cost to company also have no dilusion of holding but comes with finance risk\nPreferred Stock - Best when u need low cost and no financial risk...specially when gestation period of company is long
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there are mutual funds with small initial investments. $500 for example. Some even less. That is a good way to start. I have included a link through Yahoo finance showing funds of that nature that are rated better than average by Moringstar. Yahoo sometimes does not provide correct information so you need to use this as a starting point and research a little furture. \n\nAnother way is to open an on line brokerage account and buy shares directly in good solid companies that have a good track record and pay dividend that have tended to increase over time, such as BAC, for example. But that is more risky without having at at least 5 and preferably 10 different stocks in your portfolio to reduce the risk of a piece of bad news causing disaster. You also have the option of buying exchange traded index funds. That is an inexpensive method to participate in general market trends. I personally do not like the idea, but a lot of people do.
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Just sell enough shares to cover the amount of money you originally invested.  For instance, if you put $1000.00 in a stock that was $0.50/share when you bought it, you should have around 2000 shares.  If the stock is now $1.00/share and you want to take out your initial investment, just sell 1000 shares.  Your sale should net around $1000.00 or 1000 shares which leaves only the profit invested.  You can then use the original $1000.00 to invest in another stock.
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There isn't a lot of volume to it.  Maybe buy 1,000-2,000 shares and hold.
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You may want to take a class on investing at a college.\nNot one of those fly by night things.\n\nAny ways you can buy stock directly from a company on a dividend reinvestment plan.
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It's somewhat complex and there's a couple of different ways you can do it...this will get you started:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_capital
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The best way to do anything yourself is to learn something about it first. You'd be surprised at the thousands of books available on this one subject at your local library.\n\nBut most people spend more time deciding the color of their new car, than they do on a mutual fund advisor, for example. \n\nAre you really wanting to do this yourself, or are you asking about someone who is an expert who can do it for you?\n\nIf you invest in the stock market right now, or just buy into all the ETF's you can afford, it's a crap shoot, like rolling the dice, and the odds are probably not in your favor, whether you have an expert fund manager or not, because mutual funds are always "in" the market.\n\nThey say "Buy and Hold" for the long term is better, but that depends on when you get in, and what your definiton of "long term" is. \n\nThe Dow is now approaching all-time highs last seen in Jan 2000, so if your long-term definition is more than seven years, then you won't mind waiting another seven years for a profit. There have been periods of over twenty years when the Dow went nowhere. This is not investing, but rather blind hope.\n\nFor most people, the name of the game is capital preservation. When the risks are high, like right now, you get out of the stock and bond markets and park your cash in a interest bearing money market fund or CD or Treasury Bill.\n\nThis is simply not a good entry point for investors. Be patient, wait a few months, and you'll be able to buy much more stock a lot cheaper, the risks will be lower (even though they will seem higher), and your chance of success greater.\n\nIf you wish to research the “Buy and Hold Strategy” further, or perhaps trade yourself, I recommend two book titles. One is called "Which Is Better, Buy-and-Hold or Market Timing?" The other is "Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Market Timer?" They will give you plenty to think about.
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Learn how to pick stocks.  You need to swing trade.  You need around 10K to start.  And you can be a millonaire in 10 years.  Keep in mind, you need to learn how to pick stocks first.  You can double every 6 months if you do.\n\nAside from that, learn how to play basketball like MJ, or sing like Mick Jagger, or talk smut like Howard Stern, or have a family name like George W Bush.\n\nI say picking stocks correctly is your best bet.
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Technically, it is extremely simple with today's information era to invest or trade stocks and shares. You simply need to open a trading account, fund that account, buy a stock and sell it later at a higher price for a profit. Simple?\n\nYou can sign up for an online trading account with http://www.sharekhan.com\n\nWell, that simplicity is exactly the sheep skin that hides the wolf beneath. That is exactly the expressway to wasting a lot of money.\n\nInvesting or trading the stock markets never start from opening a trading account... it starts from adequate investment and trading knowledge. There are quite a number of things you need to learn before you can even start thinking of the stock markets ...\n\n1. You need to understand how the stock market works and what it is exactly about.\n\n2. You need to know what are the different styles of trading in stocks and shares. \n\n3. You need to read about why so many people lose their shirts in the stock markets so that you can avoid their mistakes and also decide if this is a risk you want to take.\n\nFor all these issues and more, you can read about them from some of the articles that I wrote at http://www.mastersoequity.com/articles.htm\n\nAfter you are adequately armed with the basic concepts and ideas, you need to know how to find profitable stocks to trade or invest in. You can do that the easy way by subscribing to stock pick services (example http://www.stockpickmaster.com ) or you can learn to use charting tools and softwares to find stocks with parameters that you can pre-define. (example http://www.metastock.com ) \n\nAll in all, investment and trading is a lifelong education and non stop learning. No one is ever done learning and catching up with changes in the markets. \n\nIf you want a reliable, sure fire method to trade the indian market, please go to http://stocklab-india.mastersoequity.com . There, you will also get to read about why most beginners in the share market lose all their money and how to prevent that from happening to you. \n\n\nHope these information helps.