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Amazon aims to raise $25B from bond sale
- ekjhgkejhgk 4mo agoAnyone else surprised that with record valuations these companies aren't selling equity instead?
- hn_user82179 4mo agoGoogle just did a follow on offering. I’m not sure of the numbers when comparing the 2 options but it seems like these companies are able to do either
- Schiendelman 4mo agoI think it could be because investors are worried their record valuations won't continue to grow - and are more interested in a guaranteed more conservative investment.
- ekjhgkejhgk 4mo agoSo what you're saying is "the reason companies don't sell equity at these huge valuations is because investors wouldn't buy" (or wouldn't buy in the necessary amounts)? I wouldn't be surprised if that's part of the calculation at these companies... And attempted and failed equity sale surely would have a bad impact on stock price.
- pacman1337 4mo agowhat interest rate are they offering?
- SaucyWrong 4mo agoAre bond sales coming into fashion? I hadn’t heard about them until a few weeks ago, and since then I’ve heard about them twice by FAANGS
- ChiperSoft 4mo agoGuess they ran out of employees to fire