It's what you have left after you subtract what you owe from what you own.
"Our message is that this is only for DVDs that you own, " Chasen says.
That is, only buy high quality municipal bonds and sell the low quality munis you own.
If you patent a widget in the U.S., you own that technology for 17 years.
If you own both of those funds, you are getting crushed on the equity side.
If you invest in any Canadian-based ETFs, do you own any of these funds?
They may indeed be beautiful if you own them but they are also unruly and volatile.
The picture is a bit more complicated if you own an apartment building or office building.
Keep renting (or, if you own, sell) if the earnings yield is lower than 3%.
That depends on how old you are, where you live and what you own.
Although it can be nerve-racking, you can profit handsomely from price declines if you own puts.
While they're never easy, downturns are a part of life if you own stocks.
If you own shares of LIFE, you may wonder how its stock will fare.
Although it can be nerve-racking, you can make money on price declines if you own puts.
If you own the market, your return for the six months is a loss of 9%.
But assuming you own the underlying stock, if the stock subsequently soars, you enjoy the gain.
When you buy something, you own it, and you can resell it to whoever you choose.
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Bottom line: if you own clubs, they should be custom fitted, pure and simple.
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Abel, you own a family tobacco shop and a private cigar lounge in town.
If you own Facebook stock or are tempted to buy it, look at Yahoo instead.
"It's better to understand what you own and buy companies that aren't expensive, " he says.
Given all this, how can you check for accounting risk in the stocks you own?
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If you break it, as Colin Powell remarked in another context, you own it.
If you own stock in an S corporation, this poses a unique planning opportunity.
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If you own stocks where the payout ratio is greater than 100%, you should be concerned.
Assume that you own a piece of property, and there is a mortgage against that property.
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If you own a larger company, can you hire a few hundred -- or a few thousand?
"You don't make money off an asset simply because you own it, " says Richard Priory, Duke's CEO.
If you own multiple pieces of real estate, keep each in a separate LLC, advises Andrew J.
So you own a BlackBerry device and were discouraged to learn that it was infested with CarrierIQ.
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