Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Hierarchy of creditors and equity holders

Just so investors of equities understand the inherent risks of owning stock in a company, here is the hierarchy on who gets paid first in the event of liquidation.

1) Secured creditors get paid when the pledged property is sold or refinanced, then
2) Unpaid wages, then
3) Taxes, then
4) Trade creditors, then
5) Unsecured debtholders, then
6) Subordinated unsecured debtholders, then
7) Preferred stockholders, and finally, after all these other claims are met,
8) Common stockholders get whatever is left.

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  1. In a world where we have artificially low-interest rates, the market rallied a little bit ahead of itself and could witness slight correction. But,long term story still looks promising.
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