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When one company has an interest in another company it has equity in that company. Under certain circumstances, the appropriate way for the company to account for that investment on its own books is ...

In my last article, I mentioned the importance of dividends in consideration of the Equity Risk Premium. Following from that, it is possible to calculate an implied Equity Risk Premium (ERP) by ...

Everything you need to know answering what is equity, home, owner’s, stock and shareholder equity and how to calculate equity. Equity is the value of an asset minus its liabilities. And while there ...

Private equity represents the shareholding interests your business holds in another privately owned business. The fair value of private equity comes to question when selling your shares, or when a ...

The balance sheet provides a look at a business at a snapshot in time, often at the end of a quarter or year. In some cases, the accounts on the balance sheet -- assets, liabilities, and equity -- can ...