Securities that represent ownership in a foreign firm, issued in the U.S., by someone acting on behalf of the foreign firm. Because of the costs and effort involved in creating and selling them, these shares are limited in supply and, therefore, priced at a premium.
Ecuadorian Aussie, Julian Assange, would like to raise money from U.S. investors to grow his Wikileaks empire. Alas, he is a bit tied up at the moment and stepping foot outside of Ecuador’s embassy in London would likely land him in prison. Luckily for Julian, Wikileaks could issue American Shares thru a transfer agent (who is allowed out to play) and raise the funds that way.
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financially when you know the u s has compared with
most of the rest of the world that's why a
bunch of countries issue their own bonds denominated in u
s dollars you know countries like panama el salvador micronesia
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ten percent a month inflation to deflate the value of
our own currency and well that would make it super
easy for our government to pay off its ludicrously high
death but we don't do that We respect the people
who loaned money to us including our own citizens So
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to keep that trust that the rest of the world
often values more than well trust in their own governments
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