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Owners Equity: Paid-in capital plus donated capital plus retained earnings less liabilities.

Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities (LEAPS): These long-term options on stocks have expiration dates of up to three years rather than the shorter terms of most stock options, which are never longer than nine months. The benefit of LEAP . . . View Full Definition

Long-Term Debt-To-Equity Ratio: A capitalization ratio comparing long-term debt to shareholders' equity.

Link Equity: A measure of how strong a site is based on its inbound link popularity and the authority of the sites providing those links.

Investors Equity: The balance of a margin account. Related: Buying on margin, initial margin requirement.

Leveraged Equity: Stock in a firm that relies on financial leverage. Holders of leveraged equity experience the benefits and costs of using debt.

Negative Equity: A situation where the purchaser of a property has taken out a mortgage and some time after the purchase, the value of the property falls below the mortgage amount.

Net Assets (Owners Equity): The ownership interest in the assets of an entity: equal total assets minus total liabilities.

Personal Equity Plan: A plan where people over the age of 18 could formerly invest in the shares of state and companies via an approved plan manager or through qualifying unit trusts and investment trusts and rec . . . View Full Definition

Ownership: Rights to the use, enjoyment, and alienation of property, to the exclusion of others. Concerning real property, absolute rights are rare, being restricted by zoning laws, restrictions, liens, etc.