Return on equity (ROE) measures how well a company generates profits for its owners. It is defined as the business’ net income relative to the value of its shareholders’ equity. It reveals the company ...

In simple terms, a company's net income is its total revenue minus all business expenses, taxes and debt payments. A business with costs greater than the amount of revenue it brings in over the course ...

The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio is a financial metric that measures a company's financial leverage by comparing its total debt to shareholders' equity. It indicates how much debt a company uses to ...

Civil rights protests and the disparities revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic propelled a movement toward racial equity in 2020. Major corporations began to acknowledge that traditional diversity goals ...

In trading, equity can mean several different things. However it usually comes down to the ownership of an asset without any debt involved. When engaging in leveraged margin trading, your equity is ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

A new look at barriers to students getting the resources they need to succeed starts with defining equity versus equality. “Equity doesn’t mean the same for everyone; it means that everyone gets what ...

Columbia City Council voted 5-1, with Fifth Ward councilperson Donald Waterman dissenting, to keep the city’s original definition of “equity” in its strategic plan instead of omitting diversity, ...