Suppose gilberto would like to use $9,000 of his savings to make a financial investment. one way of making a financial investment is to purchase stock or bonds from a private company. suppose robotroid, a robotics firm, is selling stocks to raise money for a new lab—a practice known asequity finance. buying a share of robotroid stock would give gilbertoa claim to partial ownership in the firm. in the event that robotroid runs into financial difficulty, gilberto and the other stockholders will be paid first.