The Federal Reserve Board requires long equity margin accounts maintain a balance of 50% equity, 50% margin debt.
The majority of our marketable equity security portfolio balance is concentrated in ASML Holding, N.
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What appears to be equity on the balance-sheet of one set of government-controlled entities is really just debt on another.
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This meant that equity, the balance-sheet shock-absorber, had to fall in value.
Tax laws, specifically those which encourage leverage while discouraging the accumulation of equity capital on balance-sheets, are perhaps the greatest deterrent to its effective operation.
As U.S. equity markets and corporate balance sheets continue their remarkable comeback from the financial crisis that began in 2008, the recently announced merger between American Airlines and US Airways reminds us of the critical role that U.S. bankruptcy law, represented by Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, has played in the ongoing economic recovery.
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You borrow against your equity, and the loan balance grows over time.
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FirstBuy has a similar aim for first-time buyers, but instead of paying rent, owners take out an equity loan to finance the balance.
Counselors unanimously reported that the concept of a home loan with a rising balance and falling equity is the most difficult concept to teach.
The current Dell balance sheet and public equity are awfully good currency with which to engage in acquisitions.
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Tight correlations across industries, nations, and stock-size categories make it difficult to balance one kind of equity against another for a smoother ride.
Despite Hercules being in the debt business, we believe strongly that a balance between debt and equity is not only prudent but required.
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They could re-equitize their balance sheets by selling equity in a strong equity market and use the money to get the bonds at a discount.
The ideal tax system strikes a balance between efficiency and equity.
No one knows exactly what the right balance of debt and equity is in an economy, but the shrinkage of securitisation in particular makes it more likely that the process of deleveraging will overshoot.
Using their KnowEquity When calculator, you can plug in your initial loan amount, the term and interest rate, first payment date, home value, and expected rate of price appreciation, and extra monthly payments to predict when your equity will finally equal your loan balance.
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Without the equity from these assets, their various balance sheet ratios could not support any additional assets with implied risk.
Franchise value (defined as equity plus debt less cash on the balance sheet).
Some analysts also worry that a sharp plunge in equity prices could seriously hurt banks' balance sheets, causing them to squeeze their lending.
To some extent, the banks have been able to disguise their ills because of the unrealised equity gains that they have on their balance sheets.
Make a top-level asset allocation of 40% to short term, high quality bonds the balance to a diversified global equity portfolio of perhaps 10 to 12 asset classes.
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Investors are longing for growth stories, so they will push back on pricing when portfolio companies with weak balance sheets try to tap equity markets in order to de-leverage.
One is through the wider use of convertible bonds which automatically switch into equity, bolstering the bank's balance-sheet if, for instance, its capital ratio falls below a trigger threshold.
In our view this is particularly pertinent given the mechanics of the LTRO, which effectively leaves the equity tranche of pledged collateral on bank balance sheets limiting their ability to rebalance portfolios.
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The analysts recommend stocks in companies with healthy balance sheets, high returns on equity and low levels of debt.
To the extent he has chosen well the enormous goodwill on the balance sheet is academic, his equity portfolio stands dwarfed by these properties.
For balance, we add the Schwab International Equity ETF ( SCHF), which has an expense ratio 0.15.
In 2008, Ventas accelerated its balance sheet and liquidity improvement by raising equity, selling assets and increasing bank lines of credit.
In managing a portfolio that has a bias toward equities the balance is usually a combination of cash equity and index or sector tracker funds.
The risk is that this regulatory onslaught, while well-intentioned, will lead to permanently higher funding costs, crushing margins, reducing earnings and returns on equity and increasing pressure on banks to shrink their balance sheets a real problem given banks finance 80% of the European economy.
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