• @trailing9@lemmy.ml
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    19 months ago

    Investors want to make money above all. You can issue bonds with favorable interest rates as long as you have a solid business.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      -39 months ago

      The reality clearly demonstrates that investors don’t bother investing in coops. You’ve obviously never actually tried to get investors to invest in a coop.

      • @trailing9@lemmy.ml
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        19 months ago

        No I haven’t.

        But I expect that the search for people who want to participate in an expanding cooperative is the bigger problem.

        Do you know of a cooperative that wants to issue bonds?

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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          -49 months ago

          I recommend learning a bit about the subject before arguing about it. Cooperatives don’t issue bonds because nobody is going to buy these bonds.

          • @trailing9@lemmy.ml
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            29 months ago

            Or cooperatives don’t issue bonds because they believe that nobody will buy them.

            It’s the perfect investment for people who don’t want to participate in the usual capitalism.

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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              -89 months ago

              If you ever try starting a coop you’ll find out how hard it is to get investment in practice. It’s kind of hilarious that you think nobody thought of these obvious things to try before you.

              • @trailing9@lemmy.ml
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                19 months ago

                It’s not new but also not tried in a convincing way.

                I believe that it is possible and that it’s worth trying until a working combination is found.

                  • @trailing9@lemmy.ml
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                    19 months ago

                    Ok, you were convinced. I mean the search for how to finance cooperatives should only be done when investors don’t hesitate to buy cooperative bonds.