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Stratified Equity Indexing: Acquisition of another firm in order to realize some operational benefits which will result in increased earnings.

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.

Moderately Stratified Estuary: An estuary in which seaward flow of surface low-salinity water and moderate vertical mixing result in a modest vertical salinity gradient

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.

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

Optimization Approach To Indexing: An approach to indexing that seeks to optimize some objective, such as to maximize the portfolio yield, to maximize convexity, or to maximize expected total returns.

Preferred Equity Redemption Stock (PERC): Preferred stock that converts automatically into equity at a stated date. A limit is placed on the value of the shares the investor receives.

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

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